Cambridge, Great Britain, 1980s. When the headmaster of Porterhouse College dies without naming a successor, the government appoints a former graduate whose ideas clash with the extreme conservatism that reigns at the institution.
Dean
Skullion
Sir Cathcart D'Eath
Sir Godber Evans
Zipser
Lady Mary
Senior Tutor
Cornelius Carrington
Gimingham
Bursar