Can you name a tv programme/movie about middle class folk in the north of England?

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There are plenty of middle-class folk in the north, but tv dramas and movies always seem to focus on working class stereotypes. Can you think of any that don't? I mean focus the storyline around mainly middle class characters, not just have one token middle class person. (Happy to be wrong if you guys can come up with a list).

Cold feet? They all seemed pretty middle class to me. Not exactly contemporary any more though..

Never watched it but Cold Feet?

Our Friends in the North

Our Friends in the north.
Last tango in Halifax
Gentleman Jack

Last tango in Halifax - utterly middle class and brilliant, funny and insightful.

Last Tango in Halifax is what I was going to say too.
But Cold Feet is a great shout too

Can't remember what it was called but I watched a really good one a couple of years ago starring Hermoine Norris - it was about the murder of a teenage girl and the slow realisation that it was her son that had done the murder

All Creatures Great and Small?

Downton. They were in Yorkshire and weren’t at all working class stereotypes.

The A Word

Bob from the likely lads is aspirationally middle class.
Cranford
Few crime things - Scott and Bailey is Manchester - Wire in the Blood is “Bradfield” which certainly sounds northern (it’s filmed in Newcastle).
At home with the braithwaites

But they weren’t middle-class, either! Well, apart from the Crawleys, and some minor characters.

I came here to say this.

The Bay- crime drama a couple of years ago set in Morcambe Bay with Morven Christie as a police Family Liasion Officer

Last of the Summer Wine?

And Hyacinth Bouquet says Keeping up Appearances is vair middle class. Primrose says otherwise.

No Offence is sort of mixed class.

North square. Fairly posh barrister types in Manchester.

Keeping Up Appearances isn’t Northern is it?

Those Harlan Coben ones on Netflix like Stay Close and The Stranger.

A lot of the Netflix Harlem Coben series are set in the north in very nice areas - Safe is set in Hale and the Stranger in Didsbury.

Cold feet is a classic

Not quite what you’re after but Fresh Meat is based at Manchester Uni and they are all pretty middle class.

Loved that but wasn't it Leeds?

If we are including Manchester, Queer as Folk. Which was awesome

Wire in the Blood

@pottshrigley yes you're right. I knew it was northern though maybe leeds isn't north to everyone?

Great show and great cast of British actors.

Absolutely was 😊

Cucumber too.