Campus

2011 6.5 (11 votes) 1 Seasons

Official Website

Genres

Comedy

Networks

Channel 4

Overview

Campus is a semi-improvised British sitcom created by the team behind the comedy sketch show Smack the Pony and hospital-based sitcom Green Wing, led by Victoria Pile who acts as co-writer, producer and director. It is set in the fictitious Kirke University and follows the lives of the staff, in particular the power-crazed and callous vice chancellor Jonty de Wolfe, lazy womanising English literature professor Matt Beer and newly promoted senior mathematics lecturer Imogen Moffat. Campus was first broadcast as a television pilot on Channel 4 on 6 November 2009, as part of the channel's Comedy Showcase season of comedy pilots. A full series was later commissioned and commenced airing on 5 April 2011, with the first episode being a re-shoot and expanded version of the pilot. When first broadcast many critics claimed it was too similar to Green Wing and that much of the humour was offensive. However, others praised the show's dark humour and surrealism. Campus was cancelled after one series due to poor TV ratings. Over the course of the first series the average ratings were 554,000 viewers per episode, or 2.99% of the total audience, which is below the Channel 4 average.

Top Cast

Joseph Millson

Matt Beer

Andy Nyman

Jonty De Wolfe

Jonathan Bailey

Flatpack

Chizzy Akudolu

Grace 2

Lisa Jackson

Imogen Moffat

Sara Pascoe

Nicole Huggins

Dolly Wells

Lydia Tennant

Will Adamsdale

Jason Armitage

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

Comedy series set in the hotbed of academic mediocrity that is Kirke University, with the mercurial yet stubby Vice Chancellor Jonty de Wolfe at the helm.

6 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Publication, Publication, Publication

2011-04-05

To give Kirke University's bank balance and academic reputation a boost, Vice Chancellor Jonty de Wolfe insists his staff all take a leaf out of mousy maths lecturer Imogen Moffat's best-selling book.

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Episode 2: The Culling Fields

2011-04-12

Jonty is forced to make huge spending cuts and jobs are at risk. Hard work, diligence and not telling whopping great fibs on your CV should see you right. So, not looking great for Matt or Nicole.

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Episode 3: Hurricane George

2011-04-19

The arrival of apparently heartless restructuring guru George Bryan sends a chilly wind up many a Kirke trouser leg.

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Episode 4: Come Together

2011-04-26

Philandering English professor Matt Beer is on a mission to woo icy business consultant George into knee-trembling, resolve-weakening, book-cooking submission.

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Episode 5: Post-Coital

2011-05-03

As George puts the finishing touches to her final report, Matt is plunged into crisis over his recent shenanigans and the idea he might have feelings for another human being.

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