The Riff Raff Element is a 1990s British television series written by Debbie Horsfield and directed by Jeremy Ancock for BBC One. The series was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series in 1994.

Plot

The basic plot was "the Tundishes, down-at-heel country aristocrats, are compelled to live cheek-by-jowl with the vulgar Belchers from Salford"Debbie Horsfield article
in The Independent so simultaneously drawing on the English north-south divide and

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Cast

The Belchers * Trevor Peacock — Acky Belcher * Susan Brown — Maggie Belcher * Mossie Smith — Petula Belcher * Jayne Ashbourne — Carmen * Cal MacAninch — Declan The Tundishes * Ronald Pickup — Roger Tundish *

Pippa Guard Philippa Ann Guard (born 13 October 1952) is a British actress. Biography Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Guard briefly attended the University of Montreal in Canada, first studying English and drama and then nursing, before returning to Britai ...

— Phoenix * Richard Hope — Mortimer Tundish * Celia Imrie — Joanna Tundish * Nicholas Farrell — Boyd Tundish * Greg Wise — Alister *

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— Oliver Tundish *

Stewart Bewley Stewart may refer to: People *Stewart (name), Scottish surname and given name *Clan Stewart, a Scottish clan *Clan Stewart of Appin, a Scottish clan Places Canada *Stewart, British Columbia *Stewart Township, Nipissing District, Ontario (histor ...

— Oliver Tundish * Ashley Wright — Nathan Tundish Others *

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— Father Casper * Dicken Ashworth — Nelson * Kate Binchy — Dearbhla * Brenda Bruce — Granny Grogan * George Costigan — Vincent

References

External links

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Plot summaries at BFI
ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed 12 August 2014. 1993 British television series debuts 1994 British television series endings 1990s British comedy-drama television series BBC television dramas British comedy-drama television shows Television shows set in Greater Manchester English-language television shows {{UK-tv-prog-stub