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

Prisoner and Escort

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Ronnie Barker

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Porridge: Episode 2: Prisoner and Escort

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Episode 2: Prisoner and Escort

BBC One - Porridge, Prisoner and Escort

The pilot episode about prison inmates that became the classic comedy series Porridge.

Pilot episode that became the classic comedy series Porridge. For Fletcher, the prospect of studying woodwork and botany in prison provokes thoughts of escape.

The pilot episode of the classic comedy series about the inmates of HM Slade Prison. For wily old lag Fletcher, en route to incarceration, the prospect of spending the next five years studying woodwork and botany in the halls as a guest of the Queen provokes only one thought - escape.

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