Decline and Fall

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2017-03-31

Last Air Date: 2017-04-14

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 3

Created By: James Wood, Evelyn Waugh, Guillem Morales

Networks: BBC One

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Top Cast

Jack Whitehall as Paul Pennyfeather
David Suchet as Dr Fagan
Eva Longoria as Margot Beste-Chetwynde
Douglas Hodge as Grimes
Vincent Franklin as Prendergast
Stephen Graham as Philbrick
Matthew Beard as Arthur Potts
Oscar Kennedy as Peter Beste-Chetwynde
Tim Pigott-Smith as Sniggs
Tom Stourton as Alistair Digby-Vaine-Trumpington

Seasons

Miniseries (2017)

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:

Ep. 1: Part 1 (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.
Ep. 2: Part 2 (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.
Ep. 3: Part 3 (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?