"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."
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
Robert Knights
Director
Tom Sharpe
Writer
Malcolm Bradbury