Fireworks Logo

Trailers...

  • My Boyfriend Is a Sex Worker
  • Museum of the Night
  • Nina & Emma
  • Residence (The)
  • ¡Quba!
  • Cherri
  • Lilies Not for Me
  • She's the He
  • Newborn
  • Klandestin WT
  • Compatriots (The)
  • Things Like This
  • Union Station
  • Spirit Riser
  • Groomsmen: Second Chances (The)
  • Heart Killers (The)
  • Brother Orange
  • Legacy of Cloudy Falls (The)
  • Migliore dei Mali (Il)
  • Chlorophyll
  • Country Queer
  • Ninja Motherf*cking Destruction
  • Belgravia: The Next Chapter
  • American Rust
  • Molt lluny
  • Last Gasp the Gospel of Damion
  • Engarradiella
  • Severance
  • GEN_
  • Déposition (La)
  • Arthur's Whisky
  • Unreasonables – Aids activism in Frankfurt (The)
  • My Chest Is Full of Sparks
  • Row of Life
  • Transcendence
  • Kyuka: Before Summer's End
  • Fario
  • I Can't Have Sex
  • Vuoto (Il)
  • On Swift Horses

Porridge

Country: UK, Language: English, 30 mins

  • Director: Sydney Lotterby
  • Writer: Dick Clement; Ian La Frenais
  • Producer: Sydney Lotterby

CGiii Comment

Sadly, only 20 episodes were made...of this superior sitcom.

Set in a prison - all the nuances are there...clever, funny and timeless.


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

Norman Stanley Fletcher is sentenced to 5 years at her Majesty's pleasure at HM prison Slade in darkest Cumbria. His naive cell mate Lenny Godber needs to learn the ropes, skives and scams and evil prison officer Mr.Mackay tries to run the prison his own way. And then there's Mr.Barroclough who is just too weak willed to have his good nature exploited.

Cast & Characters

Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher;
Brian Wilde as Mr. Barrowclough;
Fulton Mackay as Mr. Mackay;
Richard Beckinsale as Lennie Godber;
Sam Kelly as Warren;
Tony Osoba as McLaren