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Porridge

Season 3 1977

  • 1977-02-18T20:30:00Z 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

1977-02-18T20:30:00Z

3x01 A Storm in a Teacup

Season Premiere

3x01 A Storm in a Teacup

  • 1977-02-18T20:30:00Z30m

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.

1977-02-25T20:30:00Z

3x02 Poetic Justice

3x02 Poetic Justice

  • 1977-02-25T20:30:00Z30m

Fletcher's new cellmate turns out to be the judge who sentenced him to five years in Slade Prison.

1977-03-04T20:30:00Z

3x03 Rough Justice

3x03 Rough Justice

  • 1977-03-04T20:30:00Z30m

Fletcher is worried that Judge Rawley might rob him of his main source of income - writing letters for illiterate inmates.

1977-03-11T20:30:00Z

3x04 Pardon Me

3x04 Pardon Me

  • 1977-03-11T20:30:00Z30m

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.

1977-03-18T20:30:00Z

3x05 A Test of Character

3x05 A Test of Character

  • 1977-03-18T20:30:00Z30m

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.

Season Finale

1977-03-25T19:30:00Z

3x06 Final Stretch

Season Finale

3x06 Final Stretch

  • 1977-03-25T19:30:00Z30m

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.

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