Porridge (1974)

09/05/1974 (EN) • 30m

Comedy

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

Ronnie Barker

Norman Stanley Fletcher

18 Episodes

Richard Beckinsale

Lennie Godber

18 Episodes

Fulton Mackay

Mr. Mackay

18 Episodes

Brian Wilde

Mr. Barrowclough

18 Episodes


Last Season

Series 3

1977 | 6 Episodes

Season 3 of Porridge premiered on February 18, 1977.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

prison

england

judge

theft

convict

warden

sitcom

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