The Riff Raff Element
| The Riff Raff Element | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Debbie Horsfield |
| Directed by | Jeremy Ancock |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Liz Trubridge |
| Location(s) | Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC1 |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 2 April 1993 – 24 May 1994 |
The Riff Raff Element was a 1990s British television series written by Debbie Horsfield and directed by Jeremy Ancock for BBC1. The series was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series in 1994.
The basic plot was "the Tundishes, down-at-heel southern aristocrats, are compelled to live cheek-by-jowl with the vulgar Belchers from Salford" so simultaneously drawing on the English north-south divide and class divide.
The Belchers
The Tundishes
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