Decline and Fall: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Decline and Fall sees Paul Pennyfeather as 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.

Dr Fagan is the headmaster of Llanabba, an obscure public school in Wales where Paul first finds employment and works with fellow teacher Grimes. It is at the school that he meets the Honourable Mrs Margot Beste-Chetwynde, who is the mother of one of the pupils.

Series details

• Title: Decline and Fall
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 2017-03-31
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-04-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 18269
• IMDb ID: tt5789958
• TVDB ID: 322122

Cast and credited roles

• Jack Whitehall — Paul Pennyfeather
• David Suchet — Dr. Fagan
• Douglas Hodge — Captain Grimes
• Eva Longoria — Mrs Margot Beste-Chetwynde
• Vincent Franklin — Mr. Pendergast
• Stephen Graham — Solomon Philbrick
• Oscar Kennedy — Peter Beste-Chetwynde
• Gemma Whelan — Dingy Fagan
• Katy Wix — Flossie Fagan
• Jason Watkins — Wilfred Lucas-Dockery

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-03-31; final listed air date 2017-04-14; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

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