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Porridge: Prisoner and Escort

on BBC One London

The pilot edition, first shown in 1973, of the prison sitcom.

Hardened criminal Norman Stanley Fletcher is escorted to prison by two officers with very different views on the penal system.
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Contributors

Writer:
Dick Clement
Writer:
Ian La Frenais
Producer:
Sydney Lotterby
Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
Mr MacKay:
Fulton MacKay

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