Box set: The Ronnie Barker Collection
Porridge: Season 1
BBC Worldwide (1974)
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#270
Plot
Series about Norman Stanley Fletcher, a criminal who is sent to Slade Prison for 5 years for robbery. He has been in prison many times before and knows the ins and outs of it. He becomes a father figure to most of the men inside and can easily get one over on the screw.Cast
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Paul McDowell | Mr. Collinson |
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Ken Jones | Ives |
| Maurice Denham | ||
| Brian Glover | ||
| Fulton MacKay |
Crew
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| Writer | Dick Clement |
Episodes
Disc 01
“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.Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
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.Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
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.Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Dick Clement / Ian La Frenais
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?Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
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.Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
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.Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Edition Details
| Edition | The Complete First Season |
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| Series | Porridge |
| Release Date | 01/10/2001 |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Layers | Single Side, Single Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes | 1 |
Personal Details
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Features
| Exclusive Interview with Ronnie BarkerArtist ProfilesScene Selection |
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