"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:

A Timeless Classic

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:

The BBC production team had planned to film Porridge in a real prison, however before filming began the Home Office refused. The BBC improvised. They used the Main Gate House, of former St Albans Prison, Victoria Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire as the main gate of "Slade Prison". Slade Prison's metal walkways and communal area were filmed in a large metal tank at Elstree Studios. The huge tank was previously used for underwater filming however the BBC converted it into the two floor 'prison' seen in the programme. External scenes at "Slade" (e.g. the rooftop strike, exercise ground) were filmed at various London psychiatric hospitals. Most other interior scenes (e.g. Fletcher's cell) were filmed at BBC Studios.

Dialogzitate:

Fletch: Didn't one governor let you grow grapes?
Blanco: Aye, that's right - they were over there. I'd read all about them and I knew I could grow grapes. Bloomin' marvel, they were. Course they made me pack it in.
Fletch: How come?
Blanco: Grapes make wine, don't they?
Fletch: Oh, really? I always used potato peelings and anti-freeze myself!
Blanco: We managed to put down a dozen bottles before they tumbled us.
Fletch: Good drop was it?
Blanco: Well, in the wine stakes, I don't suppose it were a classic, but to a man who hadn't had a drink in eleven years, Chateau Slade was the finest drop in the land ...

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A Timeless Classic

I used to watch this as a child in the seventies and found it hilarious and now that I'm older I find that it easily stands the test of time.

Ronnie Barker is at his best playing Norman Stanley Fletcher, an old time lag serving his porridge at HMP Slade. His inmates include Godber the gormless young Brummie, Harry Grout the Mr Big on the inside, Mr Mackay the military style warder whilst Mr Barroclough was the soft hearted, easily manipulated 'screw'.

There seems to be a classic lines in each episode. Whenever I want to switch off the world and lose myself I blissfully sink into 'Porridge'!