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Porterhouse Blue (1987) (TV)
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3 June 1987 (UK)
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Social satire on life on Cambridge College - from the headmaster to the students and even one memorable bedder... full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| David Jason | ... | Skullion | |
| Ian Richardson | ... | Sir Godber Evans | |
| John Sessions | ... | Lionel Zipser | |
| Charles Gray | ... | Sir Cathcart D'Eath | |
| Griff Rhys Jones | ... | Cornelius Carrington | |
| Paul Rogers | ... | Dean | |
| John Woodnutt | ... | Senior Tutor | |
| Harold Innocent | ... | Bursar | |
| Paula Jacobs | ... | Mrs. Biggs | |
| Barbara Jefford | ... | Lady Mary Evans | |
| Ian Wallace | ... | Praelector | |
| Willoughby Goddard | ... | Professor Siblington | |
| Lockwood West | ... | Chaplain | |
| Bob Goody | ... | Walter | |
| John Rogan | ... | Chef |
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200 min | UK:60 min (4 episodes)
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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.
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[Referring to the College Feast]
Sir Godber Evans: Don't you find this a little indulgent? Particularly in the present economic circumstances.
Dean: Oh, we never bother with "present economic circumstances".
Senior Tutor: We find that they tend to go away after fifty years or so.
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Sir Godber Evans: Don't you find this a little indulgent? Particularly in the present economic circumstances.
Dean: Oh, we never bother with "present economic circumstances".
Senior Tutor: We find that they tend to go away after fifty years or so.
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Dives in Omnia (There's Money in Everything)
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Superb drama concerning the activities in a Cambridge college. Both David Jason and the wonderful Ian Richardson are excellent as the men with totally opposing views on college practises. The sub plot involving Zipser and his obsession with his bedder creates a more lighthearted side to this drama. The mood darkens as the story unfolds, with the last 2 episodes in particular showing some very sad, moving and grim scenes.