Porridge
- 1979 film
Feature film based on the TV sitcom of the same name, featuring Ronnie Barker and the regular cast in the classic prison comedy. Also features Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde, Peter Vaughan, Geoffrey Bayldon and more.
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Porridge
Ronnie Barker stars as Norman Stanley Fletcher, trying to keep his nose clean and guiding his young 'roomie' Godber, whilst residing in HMP Slade.
Going Straight
Freshly released from Slade Prison, Norman Stanley Fletcher struggles to adapt to the changes of late 1970s Britain whilst holding down his first job.
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
Series of comedy plays starring Ronnie Barker.
The Visit
Sitcom based in the visiting room at HMP Radford, a low-security prison.
The Two Ronnies
Hugely popular and long-running sketch show that established Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker as two of the biggest names in British comedy.
Rising Damp
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The Lovers
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Dead Boss
Sitcom set in Broadmarsh Prison, featuring a murder mystery element. Starring Sharon Horgan and Jennifer Saunders.
Open All Hours
Mean-yet-loveable northern shopkeeper Arkwright is allergic to spending money - much to the trouble of his put-upon nephew and sole employee Granville.
Bloomers
Richard Beckinsale's final sitcom. He plays an actor who turns to the soil and a blooming new career.
Are You Being Served?
The staff of Grace Bros. take a trip to Costa Plonka while the department is being remodelled.
Sex And The Sitcom
Documentary examining how society's attitudes towards sex and sexuality since the 1950s have been reflected in sitcom.
Water
Comedy about the inhabitants of a small British Caribbean island whose world is changed when an American oil company strikes mineral water.
Porridge: Inside Out
Documentary series looking at classic BBC prison-set sitcom Porridge on its 40th anniversary.
Thick As Thieves
Dobbs is in for a shock when he is released from prison after serving 3 years. He finds his wife is living with his old friend and fellow thief, Stan.
Killing Time
Sitcom set in a women's prison. Features unrequited love, lesbianism, drug running and racial disharmony.
The Cracksman
Comic crime caper starring Charlie Drake as a naïve and unwilling safe-cracker, jail-breaker and home-breaker.
Porridge
Reinvention of the classic Ronnie Barker sitcom Porridge. Fletch's grandson, Fletch, is imprisoned for cyber crimes.
Two Way Stretch
Prisoner Dodger Lane plans a heist that will involve slipping out of incarceration to steal some diamonds.