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* DroppedAfterThePilot: The {{Pilot}} featured a character called Mr. Dillington, who was played by Francis Matthews. When the pilot was turned into a full series the next year, Mr. Dillington wasn't included and in his place was Horace, played by Kenny Lynch.
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Writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey were given the chance to write the series after their success with the 1965 radio sitcom ''Spare a Copper'', which also starred Connor with Guyler playing many characters. Guyler would later go on to star in their next sitcom, ''Series/PleaseSir'', as the pedantic and cranky school caretaker Norman Potter.
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Writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey were given the chance to write the series after their success with the 1965 radio sitcom ''Spare a Copper'', which also starred Connor with Guyler playing many characters. Guyler would later go on to star in their next sitcom, ''Series/PleaseSir'', as the pedantic and cranky school caretaker caretaker, Norman Potter.
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Writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey were given the chance to write the series after their success with the 1965 radio sitcom ''Spare a Copper'', which also starred Connor with Guyler playing many characters. Guyler would later go on to star in their next sitcom, ''Series/PleaseSir'', as the pedantic and cranky school caretaker Norman Potter, known to the pupils as "the General of the Lavs".
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Writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey were given the chance to write the series after their success with the 1965 radio sitcom ''Spare a Copper'', which also starred Connor with Guyler playing many characters, characters. Guyler would later go on to star in their next sitcom, ''Series/PleaseSir'', as school caretaker Mr. Norman Potter, known to the pupils as "the General of the Lavs".
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* ShoutOut: The series' title was a play on the 1957 novel ''Room at the Top''.
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Working under Fogg were "Happy" Brazier (Gordon Rollings), Horace Robinson (Kenny Lynch), and Mr. Salisbury (Creator/BrianWilde), and the quartet went about doing their work as cushily as possible and knocking off whatever supplies they could for themselves.
Fogg and his team, by working in maintenance, managed to have the upper hand over many of the high-up executives. In the middle of it all is the Director of Internal Personnel, Mr. Powell (Guyler). Mr. Powell believed that his position gave him superiority over the maintenance men, and that he was able to keep them on his side through his ability to "relate to the common man". He was dead wrong though, and as a result wasn't liked by either the workers or the bosses.
Appearing on a recurring basis was Lord Percy (Creator/JohnHorsley), a powerful man who at one point put in a bid to take over Titan Products.
Fogg and his team, by working in maintenance, managed to have the upper hand over many of the high-up executives. In the middle of it all is the Director of Internal Personnel, Mr. Powell (Guyler). Mr. Powell believed that his position gave him superiority over the maintenance men, and that he was able to keep them on his side through his ability to "relate to the common man". He was dead wrong though, and as a result wasn't liked by either the workers or the bosses.
Appearing on a recurring basis was Lord Percy (Creator/JohnHorsley), a powerful man who at one point put in a bid to take over Titan Products.
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Working under Fogg were "Happy" Brazier (Gordon Rollings), Horace Robinson (Kenny Lynch), and Mr. Salisbury (Creator/BrianWilde), and the quartet went about doing their work as cushily easily as possible and knocking off whatever supplies they could for themselves.
Fogg and his team, by working in maintenance, managed to have the upper hand over many of the high-up executives. In the middle of it all is the Director of Internal Personnel, Mr. Powell (Guyler). Mr. Powell believed that his position gave him superiority over the maintenancemen, men and that he was able to keep them on his side through his ability to "relate to the common man". He was dead wrong though, and as a result result, wasn't liked by either the workers or the bosses.
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Fogg and his team, by working in maintenance, managed to have the upper hand over many of the high-up executives. In the middle of it all is the Director of Internal Personnel, Mr. Powell (Guyler). Mr. Powell believed that his position gave him superiority over the maintenance
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* ThePollyanna: Mr. Powell is relentlessly optimistic, despite the fact that he is innefectual and disliked by everyone at Titan Products.
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[[caption-width-right:360:L to R: Gus Fogg and Mr. Powell.]]
''Room at the Bottom'' is a {{Britcom}} that aired on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC1]] in 1967 (with a {{Pilot}} airing the previous year), starring Creator/KennethConnor and Deryck Guyler.
Gus Fogg (Connor) is the head of the maintenance department at Titan Products Ltd., working out of the basement of the manufacturing business' large company tower block.
Working under Fogg were "Happy" Brazier (Gordon Rollings), Horace Robinson (Kenny Lynch), and Mr. Salisbury (Creator/BrianWilde), and the quartet went about doing their work as cushily as possible and knocking off whatever supplies they could for themselves.
Fogg and his team, by working in maintenance, managed to have the upper hand over many of the high-up executives. In the middle of it all is the Director of Internal Personnel, Mr. Powell (Guyler). Mr. Powell believed that his position gave him superiority over the maintenance men, and that he was able to keep them on his side through his ability to "relate to the common man". He was dead wrong though, and as a result wasn't liked by either the workers or the bosses.
Appearing on a recurring basis was Lord Percy (Creator/JohnHorsley), a powerful man who at one point put in a bid to take over Titan Products.
Writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey were given the chance to write the series after their success with the 1965 radio sitcom ''Spare a Copper'', which also starred Connor with Guyler playing many characters, Guyler would go on to star in their next sitcom, ''Series/PleaseSir'', as school caretaker Mr. Potter, known to the pupils as "the General of the Lavs".
The series was wiped after its initial 1967 run, following Creator/TheBBC's archival policy at the time, meaning [[MissingEpisode the series has been lost to time]]. However, it wasn't completely forgotten, as it inspired a series of the same name in 1986, with the titular bottom floor now being used by a light entertainment department of a television studio.
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!! Tropes at the Bottom:
* AlliterativeName: The first episode had a OneShotCharacter called '''C'''yril '''C'''ulpepper.
* BritishBrevity: Only seven episodes following a pilot were produced in two years.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The series' theme was done by Kenny Lynch, who also played Horace.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Mr. Powell is one at Titan Products to both the workers and executives; The workers see right through his act of trying to relate to him, whereas the bosses don't think much of him at all.
* NoFullNameGiven: We don't get to find out Mr. Powell, Happy, or Mr. Salisbury's first names at all during the series' eight episode run.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: While Happy's surname (Brazier) was commonly used, his first name was never used in favour of his nickname.
* {{Pilot}}: The series had one on ''Comedy Playhouse'' in 1966. Notably, Horace wasn't in the pilot and Mr. Dillington (played by Francis Matthews) was in his place, while Happy was played by Richard Pearson.
* PointyHairedBoss: Mr. Powell, the Director of Internal Personnel at Titan Products, is hopeless at keeping the workers under him happy and on-task. His superiors know this too, and don't give him much regard.
* ThePollyanna: Mr. Powell is relentlessly optimistic, despite the fact that he is innefectual and disliked by everyone at Titan Products.
* ShortRunners: The series only aired for a pilot and a one-series run of seven episodes.
* StickyFingers: Fogg and his men get up to all sorts of petty pilfering at Titan Products, leading to the hiring of a new Internal Security Officer.
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[[caption-width-right:360:L to R: Gus Fogg and Mr. Powell.]]
''Room at the Bottom'' is a {{Britcom}} that aired on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC1]] in 1967 (with a {{Pilot}} airing the previous year), starring Creator/KennethConnor and Deryck Guyler.
Gus Fogg (Connor) is the head of the maintenance department at Titan Products Ltd., working out of the basement of the manufacturing business' large company tower block.
Working under Fogg were "Happy" Brazier (Gordon Rollings), Horace Robinson (Kenny Lynch), and Mr. Salisbury (Creator/BrianWilde), and the quartet went about doing their work as cushily as possible and knocking off whatever supplies they could for themselves.
Fogg and his team, by working in maintenance, managed to have the upper hand over many of the high-up executives. In the middle of it all is the Director of Internal Personnel, Mr. Powell (Guyler). Mr. Powell believed that his position gave him superiority over the maintenance men, and that he was able to keep them on his side through his ability to "relate to the common man". He was dead wrong though, and as a result wasn't liked by either the workers or the bosses.
Appearing on a recurring basis was Lord Percy (Creator/JohnHorsley), a powerful man who at one point put in a bid to take over Titan Products.
Writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey were given the chance to write the series after their success with the 1965 radio sitcom ''Spare a Copper'', which also starred Connor with Guyler playing many characters, Guyler would go on to star in their next sitcom, ''Series/PleaseSir'', as school caretaker Mr. Potter, known to the pupils as "the General of the Lavs".
The series was wiped after its initial 1967 run, following Creator/TheBBC's archival policy at the time, meaning [[MissingEpisode the series has been lost to time]]. However, it wasn't completely forgotten, as it inspired a series of the same name in 1986, with the titular bottom floor now being used by a light entertainment department of a television studio.
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!! Tropes at the Bottom:
* AlliterativeName: The first episode had a OneShotCharacter called '''C'''yril '''C'''ulpepper.
* BritishBrevity: Only seven episodes following a pilot were produced in two years.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The series' theme was done by Kenny Lynch, who also played Horace.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Mr. Powell is one at Titan Products to both the workers and executives; The workers see right through his act of trying to relate to him, whereas the bosses don't think much of him at all.
* NoFullNameGiven: We don't get to find out Mr. Powell, Happy, or Mr. Salisbury's first names at all during the series' eight episode run.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: While Happy's surname (Brazier) was commonly used, his first name was never used in favour of his nickname.
* {{Pilot}}: The series had one on ''Comedy Playhouse'' in 1966. Notably, Horace wasn't in the pilot and Mr. Dillington (played by Francis Matthews) was in his place, while Happy was played by Richard Pearson.
* PointyHairedBoss: Mr. Powell, the Director of Internal Personnel at Titan Products, is hopeless at keeping the workers under him happy and on-task. His superiors know this too, and don't give him much regard.
* ThePollyanna: Mr. Powell is relentlessly optimistic, despite the fact that he is innefectual and disliked by everyone at Titan Products.
* ShortRunners: The series only aired for a pilot and a one-series run of seven episodes.
* StickyFingers: Fogg and his men get up to all sorts of petty pilfering at Titan Products, leading to the hiring of a new Internal Security Officer.
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