Room at the Top (2012 film) Room at the Top (2012 film) Room at the Top is a 2012 BBC television adaptation by Amanda Coe of John Braine's novel of the same name, with a cast led by Matthew McNulty, Maxine Peake and Jenna Coleman, and directed by Aisling Walsh. It aired in two parts on 26 and 27 September 2012 on BBC Four, but was originally due to premiere on 7 April 2011. A statement at the time said that delay was due to "a potential contractual issue", and it later emerged that another film company challenged the sale of the TV rights to Great
Siân James (novelist) series, "Calon Gaeth", which won the 2007 Bafta Cymru award for Best Drama/Drama Serial for Television. She translated Kate Roberts's novel "Y Byw Sy'n Cysgu" into English as "The Awakening". In 1958 Siân James married the actor, Emrys James. They lived for a time near Stratford-upon-Avon, where he worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Their four children were William, Owen, Jo and Anna. Emrys James died in 1989. Siân James (novelist) Siân James (born 1932) is a Welsh novelist, academic and translator, who writes in English. James was born near Llandysul in Carmarthenshire, and attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.