Porterhouse Blue - Season 1 - Episode 1

Name: Episode 1
Released: 1987-06-03
Rating: 3.6

1987-06-03 • 60 min • ⭐ 7.1/10

The dying Master of Porterhouse succumbs to a Porterhouse Blue - a stroke brought on by over-indulgence. In his place comes a new Master, Sir Godber Evans, an ex-grammar-school boy, failed politician and old Porterhusian, who chooses the occasion of the annual great feast to announce a major break with six centuries of college tradition: Porterhouse will open its doors to scholars!

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About Porterhouse Blue

Title: Porterhouse Blue

First Air Date: 1987-06-03

Last Air Date: 1987-06-24

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.1/10 (from 12 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 4

Network: Channel 4

Genres: Comedy

Production Companies: Picture Partnership, Channel 4 Television, Carnival Films

Synopsis

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.