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Porridge

Series 1

Episode 5: Ways and Means

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 9^th May 2010, 17:40 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 9^th May 2010, 17:40 on BBC Two Wales

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Fletcher is desperate to get away from making fishing nets - but how will he persuade the prison authorities to transfer him to the library?

Contributors

Fletcher:: Ronnie Barker
Mr MacKay:: Fulton Mackay
Mr Barrowclough:: Brian Wilde
Ives:: Ken Jones
Governor:: Michael Barrington
McLaren:: Tony Osoba
Harry Grout:: Peter Vaughan
Writer:: Ian La Frenais
Writer:: Dick Clement
Producer:: Sydney Lotterby
Godber:: Richard Beckinsale
Heslop:: Brian Glover
Director:: Sydney Lotterby

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Porridge: Series 1

Source: BBC Online

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