Decline and Fall
Miniseries
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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.
Where to Watch Decline and Fall • Miniseries
3 Episodes
- Part 1
E1Part 1When 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. - Part 2
E2Part 2Paul 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.
