Porterhouse Blue
- TV comedy drama
- Channel 4
- 1987
- 4 episodes (1 series)
Comedy set in a crusty Cambridge college challenged by change. Stars David Jason, Ian Richardson, John Sessions, Paul Rogers, John Woodnutt and more.
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Channel 4 make classic comedies available on All4
Channel 4 is making some of its classic comedy shows available on its catch-up service All 4 to mark World Alzheimer's Day. Viewers will be able to re-watch nostalgia-inducing titles including The Comic Strip Presents, Crapston Villas, Porterhouse Blue, Terry & Julian, The Jack Dee Show, Paul Merton - The Series, Vic Reeves Big Night Out, Sean's Show and Desmond's.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st September 2019Tom Sharpe, Porterhouse Blue novelist, dies aged 85
The British satirical author Tom Sharpe, who wrote the 1974 novel Porterhouse Blue, has died aged 85.
BBC News, 6th June 2013