Porridge

Comedy 1973

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Classic sitcom set in HM Slade Prison starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale. Habitual offender Fletch is doing five years of porridge at HM Slade Prison. He whiles away the time sharing his wealth of experience with his fellow inmates, particularly naive, young first-timer Lennie whom Fletch takes under his fatherly wing.

Comedy 1973

Starring Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay

EPISODE 1

New Faces, Old Hands

Veteran inmate Norman Stanley Fletcher passes on his experience to new inmate Godber.

28 min · 31 Dec 1978
EPISODE 2

The Hustler

Fletcher gets a permanent job with the pigs on the prison farm.

28 min · 20 Oct 2022
EPISODE 3

A Night In

Fletch and Godber reconcile themselves to a quiet evening in.

28 min · 20 Oct 2022
EPISODE 4

A Day Out

Fletch and Godber are allowed out in a work gang.

28 min · 20 Oct 2022
EPISODE 5

Ways and Means

Fletcher is desperate to get away from making fishing nets.

26 min · 20 Oct 2022
EPISODE 6

Men without Women

Fletcher assumes the role of agony aunt to his fellow inmates, writing their letters home.

28 min · 20 Oct 2022

Ronnie Barker

Actor
Brian Wilde

Actor
Fulton Mackay

Actor
Richard Beckinsale

Actor
Sidney Lotterby

Director

About

Porridge

COMEDY

Classic sitcom set in HM Slade Prison starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale. Habitual offender Fletch is doing five years of porridge at HM Slade Prison. He whiles away the time sharing his wealth of experience with his fellow inmates, particularly naive, young first-timer Lennie whom Fletch takes under his fatherly wing.

Information

Studio: BritBox
Released: 1973
Region of Origin: United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio: English (United Kingdom), English
Audio and Subtitles: English (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.