Porkpie (TV series)

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Porkpie was a British sitcom on Channel 4 television staring Ram John Holder as Augustus "Porkpie" Grant. It was a spinoff of Desmonds, following the death of that show's lead actor. Porkpie kept several key characters from Desmonds and in the first episode Grant (Porkpie) was seen standing outside the barbershop Desmond use 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 Desmonds and the death of its main character, life in Peckham continues. Augustus "Porkpie" Grant a former employee at the Ford Motor Company but is now a Lollipop man borrows a pound from Michael Ambrose (Desmonds 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.