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Porterhouse Blue
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Porterhouse Blue

1987-06-03 · 60 min / episode · ★ 7.2

Comedy

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.

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Production companies
Picture Partnership, Channel 4 Television, Carnival Films
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Ended

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Ian RichardsonIan RichardsonSir Godber Evans
David JasonDavid JasonSkullion
Paul RogersPaul RogersDean
John WoodnuttJohn WoodnuttSenior Tutor
Harold InnocentHarold InnocentBursar
Barbara JeffordBarbara JeffordLady Mary
John SessionsJohn SessionsZipser
Charles GrayCharles GraySir Cathcart D'Eath
Miles RichardsonMiles RichardsonGimingham
Griff Rhys JonesGriff Rhys JonesCornelius Carrington

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