Decline and Fall

5.6 Mar 2017 1 Season 3 Episodes

Ended

Overview

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.

Created by James Wood, Evelyn Waugh, Guillem Morales

Cave Bear Productions · Tiger Aspect

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · English

Cast

Jack Whitehall

Paul Pennyfeather

David Suchet

Dr Fagan

Eva Longoria

Margot Beste-Chetwynde

Douglas Hodge

Grimes

Vincent Franklin

Prendergast

Stephen Graham

Philbrick

Matthew Beard

Arthur Potts

Oscar Kennedy

Peter Beste-Chetwynde

Key Crew

Guillem Morales

Director

James Wood

Adaptation

Evelyn Waugh

Novel

Matthew Bird

Producer

Tim Fleming

Director of Photography

Paul Englishby

Music

Tim Fleming

Cinematography

Part 1

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.

Mar 31, 2017 60m ★ 6.5

Part 2

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.

Apr 7, 2017 60m ★ 6.0

Part 3

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?

Apr 14, 2017 60m ★ 7.5

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