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

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diygreatness · 12/02/2023 22:45

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).

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lornmower · 13/02/2023 05:06

Vera
Queer As Folk

lornmower · 13/02/2023 05:09

Watching

AngelDelightUK · 13/02/2023 06:31

Emmerdale!

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IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 13/02/2023 06:31

Maternal - set in Manchester, filmed in Liverpool

Everybody's Talking About Jamie - Sheffield

The History Boys - Sheffield

Drifters - Leeds

The Bierderbeke Tapes/Affair/Connection - Leeds, and a great last scene in Hull
(Ok, this is a few decades old)

Calendar Girls - Yorkshire Dales

All the Kaye Mellor stuff - Leeds/Doncaster/Yorkshire

BeginningToLookALotLike · 13/02/2023 06:34

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BeginningToLookALotLike · 13/02/2023 06:36

Eternal Law - set in York, features lawyers

Crumpetdisappointment · 13/02/2023 06:37

pride and prejudice?

ColouringPencils · 13/02/2023 06:44

Years and Years

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 13/02/2023 06:56

Several middle class characters in Happy Valley.

North and South. South Riding. Both period dramas, but set in the North and covering a range of characters.

The Likely Lads. Rodney Bewes and his wife had gone up in the world.

The Onedin Line.

LoveMAFS · 13/02/2023 06:58

I always thought Last of the summer wine was middle class, why are you asking?

middleager · 13/02/2023 07:12

Safe by Harlen Coben. Filmed in Manchester, a gated community.

Phineyj · 13/02/2023 07:16

The Nest. The characters were so posh it took me a while to realise it was Glasgow.

Lozzybear · 13/02/2023 07:18

@burnoutbabe confused as to why Leeds wouldn’t be classed as North by everyone?! It’s further north than Manchester or Sheffield!

middleager · 13/02/2023 07:19

Our Yorkshire Farm

TheLadyofShalott1 · 13/02/2023 07:40

burnoutbabe · 12/02/2023 23:14

@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.

That would be a pity @pottshrigley if Leeds isn't considered "North" to everyone 🙄🤣 as it is further North than both Manchester and Liverpool - and what's more, I don't know one single Yorkshire person who isn't proud to be from the North, and particularly from Yorkshire!

lornmower · 13/02/2023 07:41

Film Calendar Girls

WeAreTheHeroes · 13/02/2023 07:46

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None of those is middle class, maybe Two pints of lager at a push

lornmower · 13/02/2023 07:48

@*WeAreTheHeroes
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Agreed - Bread is as far removed from middle class as I would've thought imaginable !!

Elvira2000 · 13/02/2023 07:48

I immediately thought cold feet. But only Jennie and Pete were actually northern. They were the more working class of the group. Then on the other side karen and David were rich with Southern accents. 4/6 of the main actors weren't from the north - let alone Manchester.

pottshrigley · 13/02/2023 07:51

@TheLadyofShalott1 I think you've got a bit confused, it was @burnoutbabe that said that, not me!

BeginningToLookALotLike · 13/02/2023 07:53

I know, just ignore my suggestion of Bread etc, I hadn't had enough coffee!

Hobbesmanc · 13/02/2023 08:01

Even Happy Valley has plenty of middle class characters. Catherine's ex and her son, the pharmacist and the teacher etc. But the best northern shows do tap into that rich seam of working class culture.

Redhotchllisteppa · 13/02/2023 08:02

Heartbeat and where the heart is for tv. Railway children and calendar girls for films

OntarioBagnet · 13/02/2023 08:02

Peak practice

lornmower · 13/02/2023 08:03

'In Loving Memory' - sitcom with Thora Hird

(One for the teenagers Grin)