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Porridge

Season 2 1975

  • 1975-10-24T19:30:00Z on BBC One
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
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.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

1975-10-24T19:30:00Z

2x01 Just Desserts

Season Premiere

2x01 Just Desserts

  • 1975-10-24T19:30:00Z30m

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'.

1975-10-31T20:30:00Z

2x02 Heartbreak Hotel

2x02 Heartbreak Hotel

  • 1975-10-31T20:30:00Z30m

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

1975-11-07T20:30:00Z

2x03 Disturbing the Peace

2x03 Disturbing the Peace

  • 1975-11-07T20:30:00Z30m

When Mr Mackay leaves Slade Prison, Fletcher thinks that "happy days are here again". Until, that is, he meets Mr Mackay's replacement.

1975-11-14T20:30:00Z

2x04 No Peace For the Wicked

2x04 No Peace For the Wicked

  • 1975-11-14T20:30:00Z30m

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.

1975-11-21T20:30:00Z

2x05 Happy Release

2x05 Happy Release

  • 1975-11-21T20:30:00Z30m

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.

Season Finale

1975-11-28T20:30:00Z

2x06 The Harder They Fall

Season Finale

2x06 The Harder They Fall

  • 1975-11-28T20:30:00Z30m

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.

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