Porridge

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Classic comedy series about the inmates of HM Prison Slade, starring Ronnie Barker

Classic comedy series about the inmates and wardens of HM Prison Slade, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale

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Ronnie Barker

Richard Beckinsale

Brian Wilde

Fulton Mackay

David Jason

Sam Kelly

Christopher Biggins

Michael Barrington

Sydney Lotterby

Dick Clement

Ian La Frenais

Porridge: Series 3: Episode 4: Pardon Me

Pardon Me

Episode 4

Episode 4: Pardon Me

Series 3

BBC One - Porridge, Series 3, Pardon Me

Fletch helps an inmate who's been inside for 17 years for a crime he claims he didn't do.

Classic prison-set sitcom. Blanco, who has been in prison for 17 years for a crime he always claimed he didn't commit, refuses parole. Fletcher decides to help out.

The betting stakes are high when the parole board sits and old Blanco is the odds-on favourite to be freed. But when freedom is offered to him Blanco, who has been in prison for 17 years for a crime he always claimed he didn't commit, refuses. Fletcher, seeing how adamant his old friend is, decides to help out.

Porridge: Series 3

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Classic Ronnie Barker comedy series about the inmates of HM Prison Slade.

Classic Ronnie Barker comedy series about the inmates of HM Prison Slade, supported by the likes of Richard Beckinsale, David Jason and Fulton Mackay

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