SILVER SPRING, MD; April 30, 2007 —Acorn Media announces the June 26, 2007 DVD release of Porterhouse Blue, an award-winning satire of British academia starring British acting legends Ian Richardson (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) and David Jason (A Touch of Frost).

For more than 500 years, Porterhouse College has cherished tradition above all else. Unfortunately, its traditions mostly involve decadent banquets, drunkenness, and undistinguished scholarship. After the incumbent master dies (from a stroke brought on by overeating), Sir Godber Evans (Ian Richardson) takes over as the new master hell-bent on reform. Of course, the dinosaurs on the faculty resist him at every turn. But Head Porter Skullion (David Jason) emerges as Sir Godber’s most formidable foe—a self-appointed guardian of Porterhouse’s most hallowed traditions, with plenty of tricks up his tweedy sleeve.

Based on Tom Sharpe’s bestselling comic novel, Porterhouse Blue crackles with dry wit and bristles with satirical barbs. It punctures British pomposity in Oxbridge and beyond, taking dead aim at dotty dons, stodgy aristocrats, hypocritical reformers, and TV reporters. Winner of an International Emmy® and two BAFTA Awards (including David Jason’s for Best Actor), Porterhouse Blue is produced by Brian Eastman, the producer of Poirot, Rosemary & Thyme, and Traffik.

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