7.560 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestValiantly 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?
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.
Acting
David Suchet's Dr Fagan: magnificent beard, magnificent delusion.
Writing
Waugh's razor wit survives mostly intact, three episodes of pure acid.
Costume
Eva Longoria's 1920s glamour vs. Jack Whitehall's perpetual defeat.
Creators
Guillem Morales, James Wood, Evelyn Waugh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Evelyn Waugh's 1928 novel was so scandalous that the BBC waited nearly 90 years to attempt it properly.
The Bollinger Club is based on the real Bullingdon Club—David Cameron and Boris Johnson's old stomping ground, because art imitates posh nightmare.
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