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A few weeks. The Bishop thought the best place to practise
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Decline and Fall

A few weeks. The Bishop thoughtthe best place to practise being a modern churchmanwas...

A few weeks. The Bishop thought
the best place to practise being a modern churchman
was in... a prison

Full Transcript

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A few weeks. The Bishop thought the best place to practise
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being a modern churchman was in... a prison.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:50
Uploaded
Jul 12, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
comedy

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Movie Summary

The series 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.
S01 • E03 The new Governor is famously modern, - Decline and Fall 00:08
The new Governor is famously modern,
S01 • E03 But some of the prisoners are worse than the boys at school. - Decline and Fall 00:04
But some of the prisoners are worse than the boys at school.
S01 • E02 She's insisting that I put in a staircase. - Decline and Fall 00:04
She's insisting that I put in a staircase.
S01 • E03 They pretend to make confession - Decline and Fall 00:07
They pretend to make confession
S01 • E02 The tragedy for architects is that they have to have clients. - Decline and Fall 00:05
The tragedy for architects is that they have to have clients...
S01 • E03 Well, I'm pleased to see you again, Prendy. - Decline and Fall 00:04
Well, I'm pleased to see you again, Prendy.
S01 • E03 Oh, please, you mustn't call me Prendy. - Decline and Fall 00:04
Oh, please, you mustn't call me Prendy.
S01 • E03 (Raises voice) So, you need to realise - Decline and Fall 00:10
(Raises voice) So, you need to realise
S01 • E02 Why must you go upstairs, downstairs, - Decline and Fall 00:05
Why must you go upstairs, downstairs,
S01 • E03 Pray for penitence. - Decline and Fall 00:04
Pray for penitence.
S01 • E02 Do machines require a staircase? No. - Decline and Fall 00:04
Do machines require a staircase? No.
S01 • E01 You'll hate it here. I do. - Decline and Fall 00:04
You'll hate it here. I do.
S01 • E03 Sorry to disturb you, Your Honour, - Decline and Fall 00:08
Sorry to disturb you, Your Honour,
S01 • E01 I've been here ten years. - Decline and Fall 00:04
I've been here ten years.
S01 • E03 Er... he wants to discuss the appointment - Decline and Fall 00:05
Er... he wants to discuss the appointment
S01 • E03 - Oh. - See you later... Father. - Decline and Fall 00:04
- Oh. - See you later... Father.
S01 • E02 ..install an elevator on the exterior of the building. - Decline and Fall 00:05
..install an elevator on the exterior of the building.
S01 • E03 MAN: You moved that pawn! - (Chess pieces clattering) - Decline and Fall 00:07
MAN: You moved that pawn! - (Chess pieces clattering)
S01 • E03 But you will be crushed beneath Him! - Decline and Fall 00:05
But you will be crushed beneath Him!
S01 • E03 I shall cast you into the depths! - Decline and Fall 00:05
I shall cast you into the depths!