Porridge. Image shows from L to R: Mr. Mackay (Fulton Mackay), Fletcher (Ronnie Barker), Godber (Richard Beckinsale). Copyright: BBC

Porridge (1973)

TV sitcom
BBC One / BBC Two
1973 - 1977
21 episodes (3 series)

Ronnie Barker stars as Norman Stanley Fletcher, trying to keep his nose clean and guiding his young 'roomie' Godber, whilst residing in HMP Slade. Stars Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde, Michael Barrington and more.

Series 3, Episode 4 repeated at 1:40pm on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 2,138

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Series 1, Episode 3 - A Night In

Godber moves into the bottom bunk in Fletcher's cell. Unable to sleep, the two spend the night discussing their hopes, fears, and the lives they left outside.

Broadcast details

Date: Thursday 19^th September 1974
Time: 8:30pm
Channel: BBC One
Length: 30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date	Time	Channel
Sunday 4th April 2010	6:25pm	BBC2
Monday 15th August 2011	11:20am	Gold
Monday 15th August 2011	4:35pm	Gold
Sunday 4th September 2011	9:20am	Gold
Sunday 4th September 2011	7:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 18th October 2011	1:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 18th October 2011	8:35pm	Gold
Sunday 8th January 2012	4:40pm	Gold
Monday 9th January 2012	12:40pm	Gold
Thursday 16th February 2012	1:20pm	Gold
Thursday 16th February 2012	7:20pm	Gold
Sunday 4th March 2012	7:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 18th April 2012	9:40pm	Gold
Thursday 19th April 2012	3:00pm	Gold
Thursday 19th July 2012	1:00pm	Gold
Thursday 19th July 2012	7:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 18th September 2012	9:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 19th September 2012	12:50am	Gold
Wednesday 24th October 2012	12:20pm	Gold
Wednesday 24th October 2012	6:20pm	Gold
Thursday 7th March 2013	8:20pm	Gold
Friday 8th March 2013	12:20am	Gold
Sunday 7th April 2013	12:20pm	Gold
Sunday 7th April 2013	9:40pm	Gold
Sunday 26th May 2013	8:00pm	BBC2
Friday 31st May 2013	8:20pm	Gold
Saturday 1st June 2013	12:20am	Gold
Monday 8th July 2013	8:35pm	Gold
Tuesday 9th July 2013	6:00pm	Gold
Saturday 10th August 2013	10:20am	Gold
Sunday 8th September 2013	8:20pm	Gold
Thursday 24th October 2013	7:00pm	Gold
Friday 25th October 2013	12:55am	Gold
Tuesday 14th January 2014	11:50am	Gold
Tuesday 14th January 2014	6:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 7th May 2014	8:20pm	Gold
Thursday 8th May 2014	12:20am	Gold
Saturday 14th June 2014	11:00am	Gold
Sunday 29th June 2014	11:40am	Gold
Monday 28th July 2014	8:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 29th July 2014	5:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 16th September 2014	6:50pm	Gold
Wednesday 17th September 2014	12:00pm	Gold
Monday 29th December 2014	4:00pm	Gold
Tuesday 30th December 2014	9:25am	Gold
Saturday 24th January 2015	6:30pm	BBC2
Saturday 11th April 2015	8:20pm	Gold
Sunday 12th April 2015	4:40pm	Gold
Friday 5th June 2015	8:20pm	Gold
Saturday 6th June 2015	12:50pm	Gold
Wednesday 9th September 2015	8:00pm	Gold
Thursday 10th September 2015	2:40pm	Gold
Thursday 1st October 2015	11:20pm	Yesterday
Friday 2nd October 2015	9:20pm	Yesterday
Saturday 3rd October 2015	6:20pm	Gold
Sunday 4th October 2015	12:10pm	Gold
Wednesday 2nd December 2015	4:40pm	Gold
Thursday 3rd December 2015	10:00am	Gold
Saturday 16th January 2016	4:20pm	Gold
Sunday 17th January 2016	10:20am	Gold
Tuesday 26th January 2016	8:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 27th January 2016	1:20pm	Gold
Thursday 17th March 2016	11:20pm	Yesterday
Friday 18th March 2016	10:00pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 4th May 2016	8:20pm	Gold
Thursday 5th May 2016	1:35pm	Gold
Sunday 17th July 2016	6:20pm	Drama
Monday 18th July 2016	2:00pm	Gold
Monday 18th July 2016	6:40pm	Gold
Monday 22nd August 2016	8:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 23rd August 2016	12:05pm	Gold
Wednesday 7th September 2016	7:10pm	Gold
Wednesday 28th September 2016	10:15am	Gold
Wednesday 28th September 2016	5:15pm	Gold
Monday 14th November 2016	10:00pm	Yesterday
Tuesday 15th November 2016	8:00pm	Yesterday
Saturday 21st January 2017	11:20pm	Yesterday
Sunday 22nd January 2017	9:20pm	Yesterday
Thursday 23rd March 2017	8:20pm	Gold
Saturday 25th March 2017	2:20pm	Gold
Saturday 25th March 2017	6:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 4th April 2017	1:05pm	Gold
Tuesday 4th April 2017	6:05pm	Gold
Monday 24th April 2017	9:00pm	Yesterday
Tuesday 25th April 2017	3:40pm	Yesterday
Monday 26th June 2017	11:20am	Gold
Monday 26th June 2017	2:20pm	Gold
Saturday 8th July 2017	5:00pm	Drama
Wednesday 12th July 2017	1:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 12th July 2017	5:40pm	Gold
Saturday 15th July 2017	12:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 26th July 2017	11:20pm	Yesterday
Thursday 27th July 2017	4:20pm	Yesterday
Monday 7th August 2017	1:00pm	Gold
Monday 7th August 2017	5:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 10th October 2017	7:40pm	Gold
Monday 30th October 2017	10:00pm	Yesterday
Tuesday 31st October 2017	4:00pm	Yesterday
Friday 10th November 2017	3:20pm	Gold
Friday 10th November 2017	6:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 2nd January 2018	10:20pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 4th April 2018	12:20am	Yesterday
Wednesday 4th April 2018	10:20pm	Yesterday
Thursday 10th May 2018	1:40pm	Gold
Thursday 10th May 2018	8:40pm	Gold
Thursday 24th May 2018	12:30am	Yesterday
Thursday 24th May 2018	10:20pm	Yesterday
Friday 22nd June 2018	12:20am	Yesterday
Friday 22nd June 2018	10:20pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 18th July 2018	12:20am	Yesterday
Wednesday 18th July 2018	10:20pm	Yesterday
Thursday 18th October 2018	12:20am	Yesterday
Thursday 18th October 2018	10:20pm	Yesterday
Tuesday 4th December 2018	12:20am	Yesterday
Tuesday 4th December 2018	10:20pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 9th January 2019	12:10am	Yesterday
Wednesday 9th January 2019	10:20pm	Yesterday
Tuesday 26th February 2019	11:40pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 27th February 2019	9:40pm	Yesterday
Tuesday 23rd April 2019	11:00pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 24th April 2019	9:00pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 5th June 2019	2:20pm	Gold
Wednesday 5th June 2019	7:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 3rd July 2019	10:50pm	Yesterday
Thursday 4th July 2019	9:00pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 7th August 2019	2:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 14th August 2019	11:00pm	Yesterday
Thursday 15th August 2019	9:00pm	Yesterday
Thursday 17th October 2019	9:50am	Gold
Thursday 17th October 2019	2:20pm	Gold
Thursday 17th October 2019	6:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 12th November 2019	2:00pm	Gold
Tuesday 12th November 2019	6:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 8th January 2020	12:15am	Yesterday
Wednesday 8th January 2020	10:15pm	Yesterday
Friday 24th January 2020	9:40pm	Gold
Saturday 25th January 2020	1:35am	Gold
Thursday 20th February 2020	9:00am	Gold
Thursday 20th February 2020	1:00pm	Gold
Thursday 20th February 2020	7:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 4th March 2020	12:00am	Yesterday
Wednesday 4th March 2020	10:15pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 15th April 2020	12:20am	Yesterday
Wednesday 15th April 2020	10:20pm	Yesterday
Friday 29th May 2020	12:20am	Yesterday
Friday 29th May 2020	10:20pm	Yesterday
Friday 10th July 2020	12:20am	Yesterday
Friday 10th July 2020	10:20pm	Yesterday
Tuesday 18th August 2020	12:20am	Yesterday
Tuesday 18th August 2020	10:20pm	Yesterday
Tuesday 15th September 2020	8:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 16th September 2020	1:20pm	Gold
Friday 16th October 2020	8:40am	Gold
Friday 16th October 2020	11:20am	Gold
Friday 16th October 2020	3:20pm	Gold
Saturday 17th October 2020	8:20am	Gold
Sunday 24th January 2021	9:50am	Gold
Saturday 20th February 2021	8:00pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 31st March 2021	9:00am	Gold
Wednesday 31st March 2021	1:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 31st March 2021	7:00pm	Gold
Saturday 3rd April 2021	8:00pm	Yesterday
Tuesday 1st June 2021	11:00pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 2nd June 2021	9:00pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 4th August 2021	9:20am	Gold
Wednesday 4th August 2021	12:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 4th August 2021	6:00pm	Gold
Saturday 7th August 2021	9:20pm	Yesterday
Tuesday 31st August 2021	8:30pm	BBC4
Friday 15th October 2021	12:20am	Yesterday
Friday 15th October 2021	10:20pm	Yesterday
Friday 26th November 2021	12:20am	Yesterday
Friday 26th November 2021	10:20pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 5th January 2022	8:40am	Gold
Wednesday 5th January 2022	12:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 5th January 2022	4:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 16th February 2022	8:00am	Gold
Wednesday 16th February 2022	12:00pm	Gold
Saturday 30th April 2022	10:40pm	Yesterday
Saturday 9th July 2022	10:00pm	Yesterday
Tuesday 20th September 2022	8:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 21st September 2022	1:10am	Gold
Friday 30th September 2022	8:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 12th October 2022	9:30am	Gold
Wednesday 12th October 2022	1:20pm	Gold
Wednesday 12th October 2022	4:40pm	Gold
Saturday 22nd October 2022	11:25pm	Yesterday
Tuesday 20th December 2022	3:40pm	Drama
Thursday 12th January 2023	10:00am	Gold
Thursday 12th January 2023	2:00pm	Gold
Saturday 21st January 2023	11:20pm	Yesterday
Saturday 1st April 2023	11:20pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 5th April 2023	10:20am	Gold
Wednesday 5th April 2023	2:20pm	Gold
Wednesday 5th April 2023	7:00pm	Gold
Tuesday 20th June 2023	6:00pm	Drama
Saturday 8th July 2023	10:40pm	Yesterday
Thursday 21st September 2023	9:40am	Gold
Thursday 21st September 2023	2:20pm	Gold
Thursday 21st September 2023	5:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 31st January 2024	10:00am	Gold
Wednesday 31st January 2024	1:20pm	Gold
Wednesday 31st January 2024	5:20pm	Gold
Monday 1st April 2024	10:20am	Gold
Monday 1st April 2024	5:00pm	Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
Ronnie Barker	Fletcher
Richard Beckinsale	Godber

Guest cast
Paul McDowell	Mr. Collinson

Writing team
Dick Clement	Writer
Ian La Frenais	Writer

Production team
Sydney Lotterby	Director
Sydney Lotterby	Producer
Ray Millichope	Editor
Max Harris	Composer
David Chandler	Production Designer

Press

The re-evaluation game: Porridge - A Night In

The whole thing is shot through with melancholy in a manner which we rarely see in sitcoms these days, and while I can't say it's a series that I'm any more passionate about given its questionable elements, having rewatched this episode it's certainly given me more respect for it.

Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 7th July 2021

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