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05/09/1974 Comedy 0h 30m
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Overview

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.

Top billed cast

  1. Ronnie Barker

    Norman Stanley Fletcher

  2. Richard Beckinsale

    Lennie Godber

  3. Fulton Mackay

    Mr. Mackay

  4. Brian Wilde

    Mr. Barrowclough

  5. Sam Kelly

    Warren

  6. Tony Osoba

    McLaren

  7. Michael Barrington

    Governor Venables

  8. Christopher Biggins

    Lukewarm

  9. Ken Jones

    Ives

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 3

 1977 | 6 Episodes

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-02-23
It's hard to believe that there were only ever twenty episodes of this classic British comedy ever made. Ronnie Barker ("Fletch") is fantastic as the habitual criminal sent to Her Majesty's Prison "Slade" - perched in the northern reaches of England - for five years. His cellmate is the honest, but supremely naive "Godber" (Richard Becksinsale) and the series depicts their antics surviving the authoritarian regime of "Mr. Mackay" (the outstanding Fulton Mackay) in his uniform, and "Grouty" (the comically menacing Peter Vaughan) on the inside. Dick Clement and Ian la Frenais have created a wond...read the rest
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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Porridge

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