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Porridge (1974)Specials
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. "Doing porridge" is British slang for serving a prison sentence, porridge once being the traditional breakfast in UK prisons. The series was followed by a 1978 sequel, Going Straight, which established that Fletcher would not be going back to prison again. Porridge was voted number seven in a 2004 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British sitcoms.
- Creator
- Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- Writers
- Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement
- Network
- BBC One
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- September 5, 1974
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Ronnie BarkerNorman Stanley Fletcher
Richard BeckinsaleLennie Godber
Fulton MackayMr. Mackay
Brian WildeMr. Barrowclough
Sam KellyWarren
Tony OsobaMcLaren- Michael BarringtonGovernor Venables
Christopher BigginsLukewarm
Ken JonesIves- Paul McDowellMr. Collinson
David JasonBlanco
Patricia BrakeIngrid Fletcher
Brian GloverHeslop
Ronald LaceyHarris
Peter VaughanHarry Grout
Graham AshleyMr. Appleton- Eric DodsonMr. Banyard
Maurice DenhamRawley
Paul AngelisNavy Rum- Ralph WatsonLandlord
Episodes
0/10 watched- Episode 1: Prisoner and Escort - Pilot30 min · Apr 1, 1973
- Episode 2: No Way Out41 min · Dec 24, 1975
- Episode 3: The Desperate Hours44 min · Dec 24, 1976
- Episode 4: Porridge - The Movie1 h 30 min · Aug 12, 1979
- Episode 5: Case for Britain's Best Sitcom30 min · Jan 6, 2009
- Episode 6: Interview with Ronnie Barker15 min
- Episode 7: Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher30 min · Dec 29, 2003
- Episode 8: Porridge: Inside Out - Sent Down30 min · May 21, 2014
- Episode 9: Porridge: Inside Out - Banged Up30 min · May 28, 2014
- Episode 10: Porridge: Inside Out - Good Behaviour30 min · Jun 4, 2014
