S01E01 Episode 1
The dying Master of Porterhouse succumbs to a Porterhouse Blue - a stroke brought on by over-indulgence. In his place comes a new Master, Sir Godber Evans, an ex-grammar-school boy, failed politician and old Porterhusian,...
Porterhouse Blue
Overview
Cambridge, Great Britain, 1980s. When the headmaster of Porterhouse College dies without naming a successor, the government appoints a former graduate whose ideas clash with the extreme conservatism that reigns at the institution.
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
The Dean mounts an attack to counter the new master, Sir Godber Evans, who continues with his attempt to drag the college into the modern world. Meanwhile, Skullion finds an ally in old Porterhusian Sir...
S01E03 Episode 3
The new Master, Sir Godber, is in self-congratulatory mood. His plans to impose change on Porterhouse appear to have the College's traditionalist Fellows over a barrel. In response, the Dean and Sir Cathcart D'Eath bring...
S01E04 Episode 4
With a view to ending the new Master's regime, the Dean and Sir Cathcart D'Eath encourage television journalist Cornelius Carrington to make a documentary about the College. They haven't reckoned on Carrington's methods, or on...
Cast
John Sessions
Zipser
David Jason
Skullion
Paul Rogers
Dean
Griff Rhys Jones
Cornelius Carrington
Harold Innocent
Bursar
Ian Richardson
Sir Godber Evans
John Woodnutt
Senior Tutor
Charles Gray
Sir Cathcart D'Eath
Barbara Jefford
Lady Mary
Miles Richardson
Gimingham
