Decline and Fall – Miniseries

2017

3 Episodes

Paul Pennyfeather is an inoffensive divinity student at 1920s Oxford, who is wrongly dismissed for indecent exposure, having been made the victim of a prank by The Bollinger Club.

Episodes

S01E01

6.5

Part 1

When Paul Pennyfeather is unfairly expelled from Oxford, he finds that his only option lies in teaching at a substandard Wales boarding school. There, he meets a colourful cast of characters, including the alluring Margot Beste-Chetwynde, a wealthy widow with designs on the naïve Paul.

31 Mar 201760m

S01E02

6.0

Part 2

Paul finds himself tutoring Peter, the young son of Margot Beste-Chetwynde over summer holidays. As he tries to act natural among the higher echelons of 1920s society crowding Margot's elegant home, Paul wonders whether the feelings he fosters for the wealthy and alluring widow are returned.

07 Apr 201760m

S01E03

7.5

Part 3

Valiantly taking the fall for Margot's murky deeds, Paul finds himself in deep trouble with the law. Will he be able to escape imprisonment, and will Margot wait for him if he doesn't?

14 Apr 201760m