Porkpie (TV series)

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Porkpie was a British sitcom on Channel 4 television starring Ram John Holder as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant. It was a spinoff from Desmond's. Porkpie kept several key characters from Desmond's and in the first episode Grant, ('Porkpie'), was seen standing outside the barbershop Desmond used to run saying "Desmond, since you die, it always rain - either it is the clouds crying for you, or else you having a bloody good leak!".

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Following the end of the highly successful Desmond's, life in Peckham continues. Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant, a former employee at the Ford Motor Company is now a lollipop man. He borrows a pound from Michael Ambrose, (Desmond's son), and buys a lottery ticket. The ticket turns out to be a winner and 'Porkpie' (as he is always called by friends) suddenly finds himself with a fortune of ten million pounds. However, before he announces he has won he gives Michael a pound back, so he cannot have any claims to the money. He moves out of his apartment into a home and also hires a chauffeur to drive him around in his new car, a Ford Escort ('Porkpie' explained he bought one because "I always wanted one of these, I could never afford one, not even with the staff discount"). As time (and the series move on) 'Porkpie' goes through various situations and learns who he can and can't trust now he is a millionaire.

The character of 'Porkpie' was very popular in Desmond's, and it was hoped that after the end of that series, 'Porkpie' could repeat the success in his own series; but the show did not really catch on. It was first screened in 1995 with the last new episode being shown in 1996. It ran for 12 episodes.

  1. ^ a b c d This character also appeared in Desmonds
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