"Porridge" (1974)TV-Serie 1974-1977

Staffeln:

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Premierendatum:

5. September 1974 (UK)

Genre:

Komödie

Plot:

Fletcher's doing five years for breaking and entering. He's quick witted and never short of a trick or two to make his life that little bit easier...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Title Spoken By Character

Filmpreise:

4 wins & 3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Sublime

Besetzung

Ronnie Barker	...	Norman Stanley Fletcher (20 Folgen, 1974-1977)
Brian Wilde	...	Mr. Barrowclough (20 Folgen, 1974-1977)
Fulton Mackay	...	Mr. Mackay (20 Folgen, 1974-1977)
Richard Beckinsale	...	Lennie Godber (19 Folgen, 1974-1977)
Sam Kelly	...	Warren / ... (11 Folgen, 1974-1977)
Tony Osoba	...	McLaren (9 Folgen, 1974-1977)

Länge:

30 Min (19 episodes) | 40 Min (1 episode) | 45 Min (1 episode)

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss | Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:PG | UK:PG | Singapore:PG

Drehorte:

Chelmsford Prison, Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK

Firma:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Dies und das:

Ronnie Barker originally suggested Paul Henry for the role of Godber but was overruled by the producers, who preferred Richard Beckinsale.

Dialogzitate:

Fletch: One can't help noticing a change in your old lady's attitude of late.
Barrowclough: How can you tell that?
Fletch: Oh, little things, like the certain smile that plays around your lips when you're telling us to slop out.
Barrowclough: What sort of smile?
Fletch: The smile of a man who's getting his oats!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

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Sublime

Easily one of the best sitcoms of all time with Ronnie Barker never better as the inmate Norman Stanley Fletcher, cocky inmate of Slade prison.

Richard Beckinsale was also superb as the wet-behind-the-ears Birmingham cook and Fulton McKay priceless as draconian Scots warder MacKay.

Each script by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais was a gem and the series became a firm favourite with Sean Connery who re-used one of the gags in Never Say Never Again.

(007 has to give a urine sample and is stood across the room) Doctor: I'd like a sample.

Bond: From here?

Barker's version is arguably a lot funnier.

Good support came from David Jason, Peter Vaughan and Brian Wilde and the big screen version (released in the States as Doing Time) was also a hoot.