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Porridge (1974)

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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.

  1. Dick Clement

    Creator

  2. Ian La Frenais

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher

    Ronnie Barker

    Norman Stanley Fletcher

    18 Episodes

  2. Richard Beckinsale as Lennie Godber

    Richard Beckinsale

    Lennie Godber

    18 Episodes

  3. Fulton Mackay as Mr. Mackay

    Fulton Mackay

    Mr. Mackay

    18 Episodes

  4. Brian Wilde as Mr. Barrowclough

    Brian Wilde

    Mr. Barrowclough

    18 Episodes

  5. Michael Barrington

    Governor Venables

    8 Episodes

  6. Christopher Biggins as Lukewarm

    Christopher Biggins

    Lukewarm

    5 Episodes

  7. Ken Jones as Ives

    Ken Jones

    Ives

    4 Episodes

  8. Paul McDowell

    Mr. Collinson

    4 Episodes

  9. Brian Glover as Heslop

    Brian Glover

    Heslop

    3 Episodes

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Last Season

Series 3

1977 • 6 Episodes

Season 3 of Porridge premiered on February 18, 1977.

Final Stretch

(3x6, March 25, 1977) Season Finale

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Status Ended

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Type Scripted

Original Language English

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