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★ 8.1Porridge 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.
- Aired
- 1974–1977
- Seasons
- 3 · 18 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- Network
- BBC One
- Genres
- Comedy
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1970s British prison television series1970s British sitcoms1974 British television series debuts1977 British television series endingsBBC prison television showsBBC television sitcomsBritish crime comedy television seriesEnglish-language British television showsTelevision series by BBC StudiosTelevision shows adapted into filmsTelevision shows adapted into novels