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.
Cast
- John Sessions as Zipser
- David Jason as Skullion
- Paul Rogers as Dean
- Griff Rhys Jones as Cornelius Carrington
- Harold Innocent as Bursar
- Ian Richardson as Sir Godber Evans
- John Woodnutt as Senior Tutor
- Charles Gray as Sir Cathcart D'Eath
- Barbara Jefford as Lady Mary
- Miles Richardson as Gimingham