Porridge

Porridge

Sep. 05, 1974
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Seasons and episodes

1Season 1 Sep. 05, 1974
2Season 2 Oct. 24, 1975
3Season 3 Feb. 18, 1977

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Cast

Ronnie Barker isNorman Stanley Fletcher
Norman Stanley Fletcher
Richard Beckinsale isLennie Godber
Lennie Godber
Fulton Mackay isMr. Mackay
Mr. Mackay
Brian Wilde isMr. Barrowclough
Mr. Barrowclough

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Synopsis

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.

Porridge
Porridge
Porridge
Original title Porridge
TMDb Rating 8.2 33 votes
First air date Sep. 05, 1974
Last air date Mar. 25, 1977
Seasons 3
Episodes 18
Average Duration 30 minutes

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