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Porridge (U.S. title: Doing Time) is a 1979 British comedy film directed by Dick Clement and starring Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay and Brian Wilde. [4] It was written by Clement and Ian La Frenais based on their BBC television series Porridge (1974–1977). Most of prison officers and inmates from the original series appear ...
Porridge is a British sitcom, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977. The programme ran for three series and two Christmas specials, and was followed by a feature film of the same name (in the United States, the film was released under the title Doing Time).
The following is a list of episodes for the British sitcom Porridge and sequel series, Going Straight, which aired on BBC1 from 5 September 1974 to 25 March 1977 and 24 February to 7 April 1978 respectively. A further sequel series following the grandson of Fletcher, Porridge, aired in 2016 and 2017.
He also appeared in an advertisement for Asda which aired in 1978 and early 1979. He appeared in the film version of Porridge released in 1979. It was to be his last and only completed work of the year. In October 1980, Frederick Muller Ltd. posthumously published a volume of Richard's poetry entitled "With Love" (ISBN 0-584-10387-5).
Before coming to prominence in Porridge, Mackay made several appearances in The Avengers, one particular episode being Return of the Cybernauts in which he played Professor Chadwick; he also played Det. Supt., later Det. Chief Supt. Inman in Special Branch (1969–71). [5] His other work included Coronation Street and Z-Cars.
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais have enjoyed a long and successful career embracing films, television and theatre. Their partnership began in the mid-1960s with The Likely Lads, and by the end of the decade they had also written three feature films: The Jokers, Otley, (directed by Clement) and Hannibal Brooks.
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) On the Buses (1972) (and two sequels) The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) The Plank (1979) — remake of the 1967 film; Porridge (1979) Pulp (1972) The Return of the Pink Panther (1974) Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1973) Steptoe and Son (1972) and sequel Steptoe and Son Ride Again; There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
Entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival: Firepower: Michael Winner: Sophia Loren, James Coburn: Action: The First Great Train Robbery: Michael Crichton: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down: Crime/adventure: A Game for Vultures: James Fargo: Richard Harris, Joan Collins, Richard Roundtree: Thriller: The Golden Lady: José Ramón ...
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