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Porridge
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.
- Status
- Ended
- Type
- Scripted
- Last aired
- 1977-03-25
- Language
- English
BBC One
- prison
- england
- judge
- theft
- convict
- warden
- sitcom
Seasons
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Behind the camera
Director
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Where to watch
Availability for United Kingdom. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.
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Air dates
- First aired
- 1974-09-05
- Latest episode
- 1977-03-25
- Status
- Ended
- Next release
- Completed
- Series 15 Sept 1974
- Series 224 Oct 1975
- Series 318 Feb 1977
Frequently asked questions
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Audience reviews
1- C
CinemaSerf
2/23/2022
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…
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