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Porterhouse Blue

Show Info

  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: June 3, 1987
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 4
  • Networks: Channel 4
  • Genres: Comedy
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Porterhouse Blue(1987)

TMDB Rating: 7.2 (13 votes)

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.

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Miniseries

4 episodes • 1987

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Episode 1Jun 3, 19870.0
2Episode 2Jun 10, 19870.0
3Episode 3Jun 17, 19870.0
4Episode 4Jun 24, 19870.0

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