"Porridge"
No Peace for the Wicked (1975)

Writers:

Dick Clement (written by) &
Ian La Frenais (written by)

TV Series:

"Porridge" (1974)

Original Air Date:

28 November 1975 (Season 2, Episode 6)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Title Spoken By Character

Cast

Ronnie Barker	...	Norman Stanley Fletcher
Brian Wilde	...	Mr. Barrowclough
Fulton Mackay	...	Mr. Mackay
David Jason	...	Blanco
Sam Kelly	...	Warren
Tony Osoba	...	McLaren
Michael Barrington	...	Governor
Eric Dodson	...	Mr. Banyard
Ivor Roberts	...	Prison Visitor
Barbara New	...	Prison Visitor
Geoffrey Greenhill	...	Prison Visitor
Paul McDowell	...	Mr. Collinson
Tony Aitken	...	Chaplain

I'm sick of bleedin' interruptions

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This was the best episode of Porridge. I was surprised with Richard Beckinsale not being in it, but there you go.

Fletcher loves Saturdays. While everyone is doing hobbies, he just lies on his bunk and relaxes. But first McLaren comes in to ask if he has any chewing gum for the football, then Warren comes in to ask if he can lend a Ping Pong Ball, then Banyard comes in to ask if he wants to join the amateur drama club, then Blanco comes in to show him a model that's took 20 years to make, Muffin the Mule, then Barrowclough comes in to see why he is wasting his Saturday afternoon, then Mackay comes in with some prison visitors and then Warren comes back with a broke Ping Pong Ball (Your balls got a crack in it). By now Fletcher has had enough of interruptions and says whoever the next person is who comes in, he will attack. It is the Vicar. So Fletcher throws him over the banister.

A simple idea, but extremely funny.

Best Bit: When Warren says "Your balls got a crack in it.