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.
Social & External
The people behind it
Ian Richardson
Sir Godber Evans
David Jason
Skullion
Paul Rogers
Dean
John Woodnutt
Senior Tutor
Harold Innocent
Bursar
Barbara Jefford
Lady Mary
John Sessions
Zipser
Charles Gray
Sir Cathcart D'Eath
Miles Richardson
Gimingham
Griff Rhys Jones
Cornelius Carrington
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Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits who embody the foibles of modern culture.
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