Episode 196 - School For Scoundrels (1960)
Reel Britannia
- Published
- April 29, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 18m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 6, 2026
Discusses Episode 196 - School For Scoundrels (1960) "Hard cheese old boy!" School for Scoundrels is one of th…
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Episode 196 - School For Scoundrels (1960) "Hard cheese old boy!" School for Scoundrels is one of those wonderfully sharp British comedies that takes something faintly ridiculous and plays it with a completely straight face, which of course makes it even funnier. Released in 1960, it follows Henry Palfrey, a polite, mild-mannered man who seems to be perma…
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Episode 196 - School For Scoundrels (1960) "Hard cheese old boy!" School for Scoundrels is one of those wonderfully sharp British comedies that takes something faintly ridiculous and plays it with a completely straight face, which of course makes it even funnier. Released in 1960, it follows Henry Palfrey, a polite, mild-mannered man who seems to be permanently stuck on the losing side of life. He is decent, respectable and reasonably successful on paper, yet somehow he always ends up second bes