Porridge
1974 ComedyPorridge 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.
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Porridge: New Faces, Old Hands
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Porridge: New Faces, Old Hands
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Porridge: New Faces, Old Hands
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Porridge: The Hustler
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Porridge: The Hustler
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Porridge: The Hustler
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Porridge: A Night In
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Porridge: A Night In
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Porridge: A Night In
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Porridge: A Day Out
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First Season: Series 1 (1974)
This season of Porridge first aired on 05-09-1974
This season of Porridge first aired on 05-09-1974
This season of Porridge first aired on 24-10-1975
This season of Porridge first aired on 18-02-1977