Porridge

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Comedy·1974·3 Seasons

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.

Starring: Ronnie Barker,Richard Beckinsale,Fulton Mackay,Brian Wilde

Episodes

Series 3
A Storm in a Teacup

S03 | E01

A Storm in a Teacup

1977-02-18

Poetic Justice

S03 | E02

Poetic Justice

1977-02-25

Rough Justice

S03 | E03

Rough Justice

1977-03-04

Pardon Me

S03 | E04

Pardon Me

1977-03-11

A Test of Character

S03 | E05

A Test of Character

1977-03-18

Final Stretch

S03 | E06

Final Stretch

1977-03-25

All Seasons

Series 1

Series 1

6 ep · 1974

Series 2

Series 2

6 ep · 1975

Series 3

Series 3

6 ep · 1977

Cast

Ronnie Barker

Ronnie Barker

Norman Stanley Fletcher

Richard Beckinsale

Richard Beckinsale

Lennie Godber

Fulton Mackay

Fulton Mackay

Mr. Mackay

Brian Wilde

Brian Wilde

Mr. Barrowclough

Details

First Aired
1974-09-05
Last Aired
1977-03-25
Status
Ended
Network
BBC One
Production
Creator
Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

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