Porridge 50 years old

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.

Credits

Cast

Name Character
Ronald Lacey He was 38 , 55 years old when he died
David Jason He was 34 , now 84 years old as Blanco
Brian Glover He was 40 , 63 years old when he died
Maurice Denham He was 64 , 92 years old when he died
Dudley Sutton He was 41 , 85 years old when he died as Reg Urwin
David Daker He was 38 , now 89 years old
Richard Beckinsale He was 27 , 31 years old when he died as Lennie Godber
Fulton Mackay He was 52 , 64 years old when he died as Mr. Mackay
Peter Vaughan He was 51 , 93 years old when he died as Harry Grout
Brian Wilde He was 47 , 80 years old when he died as Mr. Barrowclough
Sam Kelly He was 30 , 70 years old when he died as Warren
Jane Wenham She was 46 , 90 years old when she died as Mrs Jamieson
Ronnie Barker He was 44 , 76 years old when he died as Norman Stanley Fletcher
Michael Barrington He was 50 , 63 years old when he died
Patricia Brake She was 32 , now 82 years old
Paul Angelis He was 31 , 66 years old when he died
Michael Barrington He was 50 , 63 years old when he died as Governor Venables
Christopher Biggins He was 25 , now 75 years old

Crew

Name Job title
Dick Clement Directing He was 37 , now 87 years old Director
Dick Clement Writing He was 37 , now 87 years old Writer
Ian La Frenais Writing He was 38 , now 88 years old Writer
Porridge poster
Porridge (50 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 1974-09-05
  • Runtime: [30] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 18