Room at the Bottom: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Starring James Bolam, Keith Barron and Richard Wilson, Room at the Bottom is John Antrobus's outrageous satire on the bullying, rivalry and corruption rife within the commercial television sector; co-scripted by Antrobus and Steptoe and Son/Hancock's Half Hour's Ray Galton, the series casts Bolam as a luckless light-entertainment producer and Barron as his tyrannical boss.

Former drama producer Nesbitt Gunn's recent sacking has turned his life upside down. The offer of a new position in his company's Light Entertainment department fails to entice him, and he barricades himself in his office in protest. When calm reasoning fails to winkle him out – and entreaties from the Chaplain end in accusations of blasphemy – all concerned decide that it's time to wheel in the big guns...

Series details

• Title: Room at the Bottom
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1986-11-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 1988-06-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11404
• TVDB ID: 72288

Cast and credited roles

• James Bolam — Nesbitt Gunn
• Keith Barron — Kevin Hughes
• Deborah Grant — Celia Pagett-Smythe
• Richard Wilson — Chaplain Toby Duckworth
• Erika Hoffman — Nancy

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1986-11-09; final listed air date 1986-12-14.
• Season 2: premiered 1988-05-15; final listed air date 1988-06-26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Room at the Bottom on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.