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Porridge

on BBC Two England

The second episode of the first series broadcast in 1974. The Hustler. Fletcher has a few ideas of his own when it come to the forbidden subject of gambling in prison.
Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Producer Sydney Lotterby (R) (S)

Contributors

Written By:
Dick Clement
Written By:
Ian La Frenais
Producer:
Sydney Lotterby
Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
MrMacKay:
Fulton MacKay
Godber:
Richard Beckinsale
Heslop:
Brian Glover
Ives:
Ken Jones
Lukewarm:
Christopher Biggins
Evans:
Ray Dunbobbin
MrAppleton:
Graham Ashley
Prison officer:
John Quamby

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