• 1974
  • TV-14
  • 30m
Porridge

Summary The prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system. View more details

  • 1974
  • TV-14
  • 30m

Porridge

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Fulton Mackay Ronnie Barker Brian Wilde Richard Beckinsale

All cast & crew

8.3

Details

Genres : Comedy Crime

Release date : Sep 4, 1974

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : HM Prison Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Summary The prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system. View more details

Details

Genres : Comedy Crime

Release date : Sep 4, 1974

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : HM Prison Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Photos

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 04, 1974
New Faces, Old Hands
New Year's Day, and Slade Prison has a new intake of three: old hands Norman Stanley Fletcher and Heslop, along with the young Lennie Godber, experiencing his first time inside.
Episode 2 • Sep 11, 1974
The Hustler
After his first week inside Slade Prison, Fletcher tries to take advantage of the gambling culture by setting up various bets. But in order to make sure everything goes smoothly, he has to stay a step ahead of the guards and Horrible Ives.
Episode 3 • Sep 18, 1974
A Night In
Lennie Godber is moved into Fletcher's cell after a prison riot, in what is said to be a temporary basis. When Godber tells Fletcher that he's struggling with prison life, Fletcher teaches him how to imagine it as a quiet night in.
Episode 4 • Sep 25, 1974
A Day Out
Godber is looking forward to having his first day outside the prison since he was jailed. As it's a day as a work party, digging a trench, then Fletcher is less enthusiastic about the situation.
Episode 5 • Oct 02, 1974
Ways and Means
A chart-topping episode that sees Fletcher dejected while spending his sixth week in prison. When a fellow prisoner with a history of violence attracts Fletcher's attention, Fletcher decides to help him for both their sakes.
Episode 6 • Oct 09, 1974
Men Without Women
Fletcher is asked by a fellow prisoner, "Bunny" Warren, to help him read the letters he's receiving from his wife outside. But when Fletcher starts to write Warren's replies for him, many other inmates want Fletcher's literary services.
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