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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 ...
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).
Beckinsale was the only member of the cast not to have appeared in The Banana Box, the play on which Rising Damp was based. Writer Eric Chappell stated: "Although not the oldest, he was the most experienced sitcom actor of the quartet, having already appeared in The Lovers and Porridge. This allowed him to be something of a calming influence on ...
Brake became well-known after playing Barker’s on-screen daughter Ingrid Fletcher in BBC sitcom Porridge in the 1970s. She reprised the role in Going Straight, alongside cast members Richard ...
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.
Pages in category "Porridge (1974 TV series) characters" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
By Serge Stevens One of the most beloved TV shows of the 1960s was a sitcom about a couple living in New Rochelle, New York, The Dick Van Dyke Show. Van Dyke had already established himself as a ...
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.