Porridge backdrop

Porridge 1979 Directed by Dick Clement

Fletcher's inside story - even funnier as a film

Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Comedy , Crime
Production Companies Witzend Productions , Black Lion Films
Release Date 12 August 1979
93 mins
Cast
Ronnie Barker Norman Stanley Fletcher
Richard Beckinsale Lennie Godber
Fulton Mackay Mr. Mackay
Brian Wilde Mr. Barrowclough
Julian Holloway Mr. Bainbridge
Geoffrey Bayldon Governor Treadaway
Sam Kelly Warren
Philip Locke Banyard
Oliver Smith McMillan
Andrew Dunford Armstrong
Steve Steen Wellings
Karl Howman Urquhart
Rod Culbertson Callaghan
Zoot Money Lotterby
Robert Putt Atkinson
Allan Warren Whalley
Stewart Harwood Whittaker
Tony Osoba McLaren
Paul Barber Morgan
John Dair Samson
Barry James Delilah
Robert Lee Tinkler
Colin Rix Lassiter
Paul McDowell Collinson
Paul Luty Chalky
Duncan Preston Weatherman
Nicholas McArdle PC Townsend
Bill Kerry Old Man
Noel Flanagan Prisoner (uncredited)
Barry Hayes Prisoner (uncredited)
Paul Heasman Prisoner (uncredited)
Barrie Holland Prisoner (uncredited)
Alf Mangan Prisoner (uncredited)
Steve Meek Prisoner (uncredited)
Ralph G. Morse Prisoner (uncredited)
Pat Ryan Supervising Officer (uncredited)
Larry Sheppard Prisoner (uncredited)
Jeff Silk Police Constable (uncredited)
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