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Porterhouse Blue

1987 Comedy 1 season

TMDB rating 7.2/10 Ended

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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  • 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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Cast and details

  • Ian RichardsonSir Godber Evans
  • David JasonSkullion
  • Paul RogersDean
  • John WoodnuttSenior Tutor
  • Harold InnocentBursar
  • Barbara JeffordLady Mary
  • John SessionsZipser
  • Charles GraySir Cathcart D'Eath
  • Miles RichardsonGimingham
  • Griff Rhys JonesCornelius Carrington
Network
Channel 4
First aired
Jun 3, 1987
Latest episode
Jun 24, 1987

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