Porterhouse Blue

TV Mini Series
1987
Not Rated
3h 20m

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7.6/10

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Comedy

Social satire on life on Cambridge College - from the headmaster to the students and even one memorable bedder...Social satire on life on Cambridge College - from the headmaster to the students and even one memorable bedder...Social satire on life on Cambridge College - from the headmaster to the students and even one memorable bedder...

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IMDb RATING

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Won 2 BAFTA Awards
- 3 wins & 7 nominations total

Episodes4

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TopTop-rated 1 Season 1987

Videos8

Trailer 2:01

Porterhouse Blue

Trailer 1:37

Porterhouse Blue: Episode 3

Trailer 1:58

Porterhouse Blue: Episode 2

Trailer 0:46

Porterhouse Blue: Vol. 1

Trailer 2:00

Porterhouse Blue: Episode 1

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David Jason

Skullion

Ian Richardson

Sir Godber Evans

Paul Rogers

Dean

John Woodnutt

Senior Tutor

Harold Innocent

Bursar

Barbara Jefford

Lady Mary

Ian Wallace

Praelector

Willoughby Goddard

Professor Siblington

Lockwood West

Chaplain

Bob Goody

Walter

Roy Evans

Arthur

John Sessions

Zipser

Charles Gray

Sir Cathcart D'Eath

Paula Jacobs

Mrs. Biggs

John Rogan

Chef

Tim Preece

Dr. Messmer

Miles Richardson

Gimingham

Earl Rhodes

Foxton

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Trivia
The title song "Dives in Omnia" ("There's Money in Everything") was sung by a-cappella group "The Flying Pickets" whose version of the Yazoo song "Only You" had recently been in the charts.

Quotes
Dean: You know my view. If a little learning is a dangerous thing, just think what harm a lot of it can do.

Connections
Referenced in Comedy Connections: Only Fools and Horses (2003)

Soundtracks
Dives in Omnia (There's Money in Everything)
Composed by Rick Lloyd
Performed by The Flying Pickets

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Review

Featured review

10/10

Well Written, Well Acted, Very Funny

I saw this on TV when it was first broadcast and loved how well written it was, how skillfully acted, entertaining and very funny. It's bawdy in parts. Writer Tom Sharpe's humour is earthy and can be savage in satirising characters, institutions and authorities. The best acting, in my opinion, is by David Jason as the Porter (so different from his character in "Only Fools and Horses") and John Sessions as the student Zipser.