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.

Top 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