Porridge
Total Seasons :3Total Episodes : 20
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 t...
Episodes(6)
1. New Faces, Old Hands
“Twenty-three and you want to go straight? What kind of talk is that? You've got your whole life in front of you!” It's Godber's first time in prison, and Fletch is going to teach him the ways.
Air Date : 1974-09-05
2. The Hustler
Ives is such a loser that if Elizabeth Taylor had triplets, he'd have been the one in the middle. But there's no way he's going to be left out of Fletch's gambling enterprise.
Air Date : 1974-09-12
3. A Night In
Fletch explains to Godber that the best way to cope with his first night in prison, is to see it as just a "quiet night in". Trouble is, Godber's got another 698 to go.
Air Date : 1974-09-19
4. A Day Out
The rest of the working party are thrilled to have a day out, but Fletch is masking indifference - what's so exciting about digging a ditch anyway?
Air Date : 1974-09-26
5. Ways and Means
Who would want to spend eight hours a day sewing fishing nets? Not Fletch, who is hell-bent on a cushy job in the library.
Air Date : 1974-10-03
6. Men Without Women
Fletch fancies himself as a bit of an agony aunt and is called upon by his fellow inmates to help out with affairs of the heart.
Air Date : 1974-10-10
Cast
Ronnie Barker
(Norman Stanley Fletcher)
Richard Beckinsale
(Lennie Godber)
Fulton Mackay
(Mr. Mackay)
Brian Wilde
(Mr. Barrowclough)
Brian Glover
(Heslop)
Ken Jones
(Ives)
Michael Barrington
(Governor Venables)
Christopher Biggins
(Lukewarm)
Tony Osoba
(McLaren)
Patricia Brake
(Ingrid Fletcher)
Paul Angelis
(Navy Rum)
Ralph Watson
(Landlord)
Royston Tickner
(Sgt. Norris)
John Rutland
(Verger)
John Bennett
(Medical Officer)
Ray Dunbobbin
(Evans)
John Quarmby
(Prison Officer)
Steve Ismay
(Prison Warden)
Philip Jackson
(Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley)
Robert Gillespie
(Vicar)
Johnnie Wade
(Scrounger)
Arnold Peters
(Chief Prison Officer)
Emlyn Price
(Tolly)
Peggy Mason
(Nurse)
June Ellis
(Isobel Fletcher)
Susan Littler
(Norma)
Andonia Katsaros
(Iris)
Rosalind Elliot
(Elaine)
Graham Ashley
(Mr. Appleton)
Paul McDowell
(Mr. Collinson)
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