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Porridge is a comedy TV series that premiered on BBC One on September 5, 1974. It has 3 seasons and 18 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 3 Episode 6 "Final Stretch", aired on March 25, 1977.
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.
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18 episodes · 3 seasons
1974 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 52 years ago
E6
Fletch fancies himself as a bit of an agony aunt and is called upon by his fellow inmates to help out with affairs of the heart.
E5
Who would want to spend eight hours a day sewing fishing nets? Not Fletch, who is hell-bent on a cushy job in the library.
E4
The rest of the working party are thrilled to have a day out, but Fletch is masking indifference - what's so exciting about digging a ditch anyway?
E3
Fletch explains to Godber that the best way to cope with his first night in prison, is to see it as just a "quiet night in". Trouble is, Godber's got another 698 to go.
E2
Ives is such a loser that if Elizabeth Taylor had triplets, he'd have been the one in the middle. But there's no way he's going to be left out of Fletch's gambling enterprise.
E1
“Twenty-three and you want to go straight? What kind of talk is that? You've got your whole life in front of you!” It's Godber's first time in prison, and Fletch is going to teach him the ways.
1975 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 50 years ago
E6
Godber takes up boxing and wins a place in the prison championship, so Fletcher sees a chance for a bit of a flutter. Then Harry Grout takes an interest and insists that the fight is 'fixed'. When one of Grout's rivals takes a similar interest in Godber's opponent, it looks as if nobody can win. Fletcher, however, has other ideas.
E5
Fletcher is having a spell in the prison hospital with a broken ankle. He's sharing a ward with old Blanco, who tells him that another inmate has swindled him out of his belongings in a crooked card game. Fletcher hatches a plan to recover Blanco's belongings and to take revenge on the culprit.
E4
It's Saturday afternoon and Fletcher looks forward to a quiet read. Everyone else seems to have other ideas about how Fletcher should be spending his time.
E3
When Mr Mackay leaves Slade Prison, Fletcher thinks that "happy days are here again". Until, that is, he meets Mr Mackay's replacement.
E2
Godber gets bad news from his girlfriend. Fletcher tries to provide help and advice, but perhaps daughter Ingrid might provide a more suitable solution to Godber's problems
E1
There's an outbreak of petty pilfering from the inmates in Slade prison. Fletcher is disgusted - after all, stealing may be a job on the 'outside', but it's despicable when it happens 'inside'.
1977 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 49 years ago
E6
Godber is due to appear before the parole board, but a fight with another inmate puts his parole in jeopardy. It's up to Fletcher to save the day.
E5
Godber is working hard for an extra O-level. Fletcher tries to persuade him that cheating would be a good way of ensuring success in the examination. Godber isn't convinced.
E4
Old Blanco is doing time for the murder of his wife. He still swears he wasn't guilty. Now he's up before the Parole Board and it looks as if he's sure to be released. Blanco surprises everyone by turning down parole when it's offered to him. He explains that, if he accepts parole, he'll also be admitting that he was guilty of a crime for which he was wrongly convicted. He insists that he'll only leave prison if he's offered a full pardon. Fletcher comes up with a plan to help him.
E3
Fletcher is worried that Judge Rawley might rob him of his main source of income - writing letters for illiterate inmates.
E2
Fletcher's new cellmate turns out to be the judge who sentenced him to five years in Slade Prison.
E1
When a bottle of pills goes missing from the Doctor's surgery, Harry Grout is worried that investigation of the theft by the prison authorities will jeopardise some of his activities. Grout insists that Fletcher must find the pills and return them before the warders can take action.
Created by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Peter Vaughan
Harry Grout
Tony Osoba
McLaren
David Jason
Blanco
Sam Kelly
Warren
Patricia Brake
Ingrid Fletcher
Paul Angelis
Navy Rum
Ralph Watson
Landlord
Royston Tickner
Sgt. Norris
John Rutland
Verger
John Bennett
Medical Officer
Ray Dunbobbin
Evans
John Quarmby
Prison Officer
Steve Ismay
Prison Warden
Philip Jackson
Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
Robert Gillespie
Vicar
Johnnie Wade
Scrounger
Porridge has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on March 25, 1977.
The most recent episode of Porridge, Season 3 Episode 6 "Final Stretch", aired on March 25, 1977.
Porridge has 3 seasons with 18 episodes in total.
Porridge first aired on BBC One on September 5, 1974.
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