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Porridge

Series 3

Episode 5: A Test of Character

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Available for years

Sitcom. When Godber starts working hard to get another O level before leaving prison, Fletcher cannot understand why he doesn't just cheat. Show more

Contributors

Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Barraclough:
Brian Wilde
Mr MacKay:
Fulton Mackay
Warren:
Sam Kelly
McLaren:
Tony Osoba

Porridge

Series 3

Episode 1: A Storm in a Teacup

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Available for years

Sitcom set in Slade Prison. Fletcher inadvertently becomes involved in the murky world of drugs.

Contributors

Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
Mr MacKay:
Fulton Mackay
Harry Grout:
Peter Vaughan
Warren:
Sam Kelly
McLaren:
Tony Osoba

Porridge

Series 2

Episode 3: Disturbing the Peace

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Available for years

With MacKay away, Slade prison will become a place of rest. "After all, Barrowclough doesn't exactly rule with a rod of iron."

Contributors

Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
Mr MacKay:
Fulton Mackay
Mr Wainwright:
Peter Jeffrey
Williams:
Philip Madoc
Warren:
Sam Kelly
McLaren:
Tony Osoba
Secretary:
Madge Hindle

Porridge

Series 2

Episode 4: No Peace for the Wicked

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Available for years

Fletch is furious when he can't get any peace inside Slade Prison. MacKay shows visitors around the jail.

Contributors

Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
Mr MacKay:
Fulton Mackay
Warren:
Sam Kelly
McLaren:
Tony Osoba
Banyard:
Eric Dodson

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

Porridge

Series 2

Episode 1: Just Desserts

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for years

Classic comedy series. The inmates of Slade Prison are horrified to discover there is a thief in their midst - a despicable crime against one's fellow inmates. Show more

Contributors

Norman Stanley Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Mackay:
Fulton Mackay
Lennie Godber:
Richard Beckinsale
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
Warren:
Sam Kelly
McLaren:
Tony Osoba
Mr Banyard:
Eric Dodson
Mr Appleton:
Graham Ashley

Bergerac

Series 3

Episode 5: Come Out Fighting

Duration: 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Police drama series set in Jersey. With the island's first major professional boxing match only days away, Bergerac finds that he has to arrest the challenger.

Contributors

Jim Bergerac:
John Nettles
Charlie Hungerford:
Terence Alexander
Inspector Maurice Dupont:
Lee Montague
Jacques Laronde:
Oliver Cotton
Eddie McCord:
Tony Osoba
Donna McCord:
Eva Mottley
Matt MacDonald:
Jackie Farrell
Senator Beasley:
Clifford Rose
O'Brien:
Barry Lowe
Barney Crozier:
Sean Arnold
Director:
Robert Young

Doctor Who (2005–2022)

Series 8

Episode 7: Kill the Moon

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Three HD

Available for years

Sci-fi drama. The Doctor and Clara crash-land on the moon to find a base full of corpses, vicious spider-like creatures poised to attack, and a terrible dilemma. Show more

Porridge

Christmas Special: The Desperate Hours

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

Classic sitcom. Fletcher plans to add a bit of Christmas spirit to the festive season at Slade Prison in the form of his very own homemade liquor. Show more

Contributors

Norman Stanley Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
Mr MacKay:
Fulton Mackay
Lennie Godber:
Richard Beckinsale
Reg Urwin:
Dudley Sutton
Warren:
Sam Kelly
McLaren:
Tony Osoba
Keegan:
Ken Wynne
Governor Venables:
Michael Barrington
Mrs Jamieson:
Jane Wenham

Porridge

Series 3

Episode 2: Poetic Justice

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Available for years

Classic comedy series. Fletcher is incensed when a third cellmate arrives, and to add insult to injury, he turns out to be one of his old enemies. Show more

Contributors

Porridge

Series 3

Episode 3: Rough Justice

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for years

Classic comedy series about the inmates of HM Slade Prison. Fletcher decides that Harris must be put on trial for stealing from another prisoner. Show more

Contributors

Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
Mr Mackay:
Fulton Mackay
Judge Rawley:
Maurice Denham
Warren:
Sam Kelly
McLaren:
Tony Osoba
Mr Collison:
Paul McDowell

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Series about a murder investigated by cops and criminals and the methods they use. The driver of Wratten's car is identified, and Gabriel and Joseph Bede want to get to him first. Show more

Contributors

Jonah Gabriel:
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Patterson:
Richard Lintern
Gatehouse:
Stephen Rea
Julie Bede:
Lesley Sharp
Jay Wratten:
Rafe Spall
Bulkat Babur:
Stanley Townsend
Maurice Crace:
Malcolm Storry
Segeant Foley:
David Schofield
Laura Gabriel:
Clare Calbraith
Andy Dixon:
Tobi Bakare
Forensic Officer:
Nadine Marshall
Julie's Nurse:
Anjela Lauren Smith
Dispatcher:
Mike Hayley
Turkish Man:
George Savvides
Mrs Dixon:
Sharon D Clarke
Duty Solicitor:
Tony Osoba
Surveillance Officer:
Joanne Adams
Marshall:
Samuel James
Writer:
Hugo Blick
Producer:
Johann Knobel
Producer:
Hugo Blick
Director:
Hugo Blick
Man in Lift:
Robin Griffith
Bob Harris:
Robert Pugh
Mr Delaney:
Ken Drury
Press Relations Officer:
Syreeta Kumar
Female Reporter:
Martha Cope
Mrs Delaney:
Joanna Bacon
Ross McGovern:
Tobias Menzies
Leonard Glickman:
Cavan Clerkin
Justice Dept Spokesman:
Nigel Hastings
Commander Khokar:
Ace Bhatti
Crime Scene Constable:
Nick Court
Julie's Doctor:
Badria Timimi
Constable Felix:
John Heffernan
TV Reporter:
Priyanga Burford
Bookkeeper:
Jonathan Tafler

Waking the Dead

Series 2

Deathwatch - Part 2

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Available for years

With Grace recovering from her attack, the team continue on their quest to identify whoever commissioned the murders and to find out what really happened to Frank Sutton.

Contributors

DSI Peter Boyd:
Trevor Eve
Dr. Grace Foley:
Sue Johnston
Dr. Frankie Wharton:
Holly Aird
DC Amelia Silver:
Claire Goose
DS Spencer Jordan:
Wil Johnson
Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay:
David Hemmings
Graham Baker:
William Armstrong
Marcus Freeman:
David de Keyser
Father Cameron:
David Ashton
Harold Newman:
Howard Goorney
Young Edgar Truelove:
Jonathan Tafler
Young Charles Sutton:
Adam Leese
Edgar Truelove:
Warren Mitchell
Andrew Wallace:
Tony Osoba
Valerie Truelove:
Cheryl Hall
Carl Murell Jr.:
Steve Weston
Young Frank Sutton:
Toby Mace