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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 main storylines of the sitcom focus on its central character, Norman Stanley Fletcher, a man from Muswell Hill, London.Fletcher, described as "an habitual criminal" by the judge who sentences him (and whose words, voiced by Barker, are repeated in the show's opening titles), is sent to HMP Slade, a fictional Category C prison in Cumberland, to serve a prison sentence for his latest crime.
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Christopher Biggins (born 16 December 1948) is an English actor and television personality. He became widely known for his roles in television series such as Porridge, Poldark and I, Claudius in the 1970s.
Porridge: 1974-1977 Mr Mackay: Was also in the sitcom's 1979 film: Willie Rough: 1976 Hughie Performed as part of Play for Today, the play was written by Bill Bryden: Going Straight: 1978 Mr Mackay: Porridge Spin-off Tales of the Unexpected: 1982 (1979-1988) Edward The Moles Shelley: 1983 (1979-1984) The Tramp S6 E3 Fraggle Rock: 1983-1984 The ...
Patricia Ann Kennedy (25 June 1942 – 28 May 2022), better known by her stage name Patricia Brake, was an English actress.She was best known for her role as Ingrid Fletcher, eldest daughter of Norman Stanley Fletcher, in the BBC sitcom Porridge and its sequel Going Straight.
Carol Hawkins (born 31 January 1949) is an English actress, best known for her various comic roles in numerous television sitcoms and films in the 1970s and 1980s.. She played the roles of Sharon Eversleigh in the film of the television series Please Sir! and Sandra in the BBC TV series Porridge, and starred in two Carry On films (Carry On Abroad as Marge and Carry On Behind as Sandra).
Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, [2] Wilde was brought up in Devon and Hertfordshire and attended Hertford Grammar School.He trained as an actor at RADA. [2]Wilde had an early uncredited role as a small-time crook in the film Forbidden Cargo (1954), starring Jack Warner and Nigel Patrick, and a small but significant dramatic part in the horror film Night of the Demon (1957).