Clip: Series availability varies by country. Based on Tom Sharpe's uproarious bestseller, this biting satire of a British institution crackles with dry wit. For more than 500 years, Porterhouse College has cherished tradition above all else. Unfortunately, its traditions mostly involve decadent banquets, drunkenness, and undistinguished scholarship. A new master (Ian Richardson, Bleak House) is hell-bent on reform.