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Porridge

Series 1

Episode 2: The Hustler

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Available for years

Classic prison sitcom. Fletcher gets a permanent job with the pigs on the prison farm and dreams up a novel way to relieve the boredom of prison life. Show more

Contributors

Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Barraclough:
Brian Wilde
Mr MacKay:
Fulton Mackay
Mr Appleton:
Graham Ashley
Prison Officer:
John Quarnby

Porridge

Series 1

Episode 1: New Faces, Old Hands

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Available for years

Classic sitcom set in Slade Prison. Veteran inmate Norman Stanley Fletcher gives the benefit of his experience to his green young cellmate Godber.

Contributors

Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
Mr MacKay:
Fulton Mackay
Medical Officer:
John Bennett

Porridge

Series 1

Episode 5: Ways and Means

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for years

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

Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

A gentleman crook and a master safe-cracker attempt the first moving train robbery, targeting a British Army payroll on its way to the Crimea. Starring Sean Connery. Show more

Contributors

Edward Pierce/John Simms/Geoffrey:
Sean Connery
Robert Agar:
Donald Sutherland
Miriam/Madame Lucienne/Brigid Lawson:
Lesley-Anne Down
Edgar Trent:
Alan Webb
Henry Fowler:
Malcolm Terris
Inspector Sharp:
Robert Lang
William Williams:
Wayne Sleep
Emily Trent:
Pamela Salem
Elizabeth Trent:
Gabrielle Lloyd
Captain Jimmy:
Brian Glover

Formats

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Series 1

Episode 7: No Hiding Place

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Classic sitcom. Bob and Terry must go to extraordinary lengths to avoid hearing a football score before they watch a recording of the match on TV. Show more

Bottom

Series 1

Episode 2: Gas

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Anarchic comedy. When the gas man cometh, Richie and Eddie are in danger of being exposed for the theft of neighbour Mr Rottweiller's gas supply. Show more

Contributors

Richie:
Rik Mayall
Mr Rottweiller:
Brian Glover
Gas man:
Mark Lambert
Writer:
Rik Mayall
Director:
Ed Bye

Porridge

Series 1

Episode 6: Men without Women

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for years

Classic comedy series set in HM Prison Slade. When Fletcher assumes the role of agony aunt to his fellow inmates, he ends up writing letters home for them.