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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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Season01
- S01E01Episode 1June 3, 1987—The dying Master of Porterhouse succumbs to a Porterhouse Blue - a stroke brought on by over-indulgence. In his place comes a new Master, Si
- S01E02Episode 2June 10, 1987—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 wo
- S01E03Episode 3June 17, 1987—The new Master, Sir Godber, is in self-congratulatory mood. His plans to impose change on Porterhouse appear to have the College's tradition
- S01E04Episode 4June 24, 1987—With a view to ending the new Master's regime, the Dean and Sir Cathcart D'Eath encourage television journalist Cornelius Carrington to make
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