Based on Tom Sharpe's uproarious bestseller
For more than 500 years, Porterhouse College has cherished tradition above all else. Unfortunately, its traditions mostly involve decadent banquets, drunkenness, and undistinguished scholarship. Enter Sir Godber Evans (Ian Richardson, Bleak House; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), a new master hell-bent on reform. Of course, the dinosaurs on the faculty resist him at every turn. But Head Porter Skullion (David Jason, A Touch of Frost) emerges as Sir Godber's most formidable foe-a self-appointed guardian of Porterhouse's most hallowed traditions, with plenty of tricks up his tweedy sleeve.

Based on Tom Sharpe's uproarious bestseller, Porterhouse Blue crackles with dry wit and bristles with satirical barbs. It punctures British pomposity in Oxbridge and beyond, taking dead aim at dotty dons, stodgy aristocrats, hypocritical reformers, and even posy TV reporters. Winner of an International Emmy and two BAFTA Awards (including David Jason's for Best Actor), Porterhouse Blue rewards viewing after viewing with fresh laughter.

DISC 1 Part 1 After the sitting master succumbs to an infamous "Porterhouse blue"-a stroke brought on by overindulgence-Sir Godber Evans takes the college's reins, determined to drag it into the current century. But the College Council members-not to mention Skullion, the school's longtime head porter-have plans of quite another sort.

Part 2 Trying to scotch Sir Godber's radical proposals, Skullion visits Sir Cathcart D'eath, an influential alumnus, for advice. Meanwhile, consumed by lust for his housekeeper, the graduate student Zipser seeks counseling from the chaplain. Then he scours the town's pubs for protectives and returns with far more than he bargained for.

DISC 2 Part 3 Zipser's increasingly frenzied attempts to dispose of his lode of prophylactics end in explosive tragedy. The disaster eventually leads to the dismissal of Skullion, who vows ominously that "a lot of very famous people are going to be in a lot of trouble."

Part 4 After an investigative report on Porterhouse turns into a fiasco, Sir Godber accelerates his plans for modernization. Attempting to outflank him, the dean and the head tutor attend Sir Cathcart's birthday party, bearing the list of Skullion Scholars. But Skullion's late-night visit to Sir Godber renders their efforts moot, and Porterhouse winds up with a master who understands the old ways all too well.