Malcolm Bradury's BAFTA and International Emmy Award-winning TV adaptation of Tom Sharp'e best-selling novel Porterhouse Blue.Set at Cambridge University Porterhouse Blue centres around fictional Porterhouse College whose genially eccentric fellows are the proud guardians of six centuries of tradition in which oar-pulling prowess and gourmet cuisine have taken priority over academic achievement.Drama ensues when reform-minded Sir Evans (Ian Richardson) is appointed headmaster. Determined to modernise this old-fashioned institution Evans finds himself at odds with its recalcitrant staff chief among them the devious Skullion (David Jason). It's a battle of wills and no one is spared as this dark comedy lampoons privileged pupils professors and politicians alike.
