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Decline and Fall

Decline and Fall

152017•1h 0m•5.7/10
ComedyDrama

Ratings

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5.7/10(19)

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

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Production

Cave Bear Productions, Tiger Aspect

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

March 31, 2017

Last Aired

April 14, 2017

Networks

BBC One

Created By

James Wood, Evelyn Waugh, Guillem Morales

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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
Part 1
E1
Part 1
Air date: 2017-03-31
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.
Part 2
E2
Part 2
Air date: 2017-04-07
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.
Part 3
E3
Part 3
Air date: 2017-04-14
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?

Cast

Jack Whitehall

Jack Whitehall

Paul Pennyfeather

David Suchet

David Suchet

Dr Fagan

Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria

Margot Beste-Chetwynde

Douglas Hodge

Douglas Hodge

Grimes

Vincent Franklin

Vincent Franklin

Prendergast

Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham

Philbrick

Matthew Beard

Matthew Beard

Arthur Potts

Oscar Kennedy

Oscar Kennedy

Peter Beste-Chetwynde

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