"Porridge"
No Way Out (1975)

Director:

Sydney Lotterby

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Porridge" (1974)

Original Air Date:

24 December 1975 (Season 2, Episode 7)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Christmas Special. Fletcher discovers that his fellow inmates are planning to escape. |

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Title Spoken By Character

Cast

Ronnie Barker	...	Norman Stanley Fletcher
Brian Wilde	...	Mr. Barrowclough
Fulton Mackay	...	Mr. Mackay
Richard Beckinsale	...	Lennie Godber
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christopher Biggins	...	Lukewarm
Graham Crowden	...	Prison Doctor
Elisabeth Day	...	Nurse
Carol Hawkins	...	Sandra
Sam Kelly	...	Warren
Peter Vaughan	...	Harry Grout

Runtime:

45 min (christmas special)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Quotes:

[Convict Fletcher tries to con his way into the prison infirmary, but the doctor prides himself on being so good that he does does not have any patients in the infirmary, least of all frauds whom he can spot at a distance]
Prison Doctor: Well, Fletcher, let me tell you something. Of all the penal institutions in the north of England, my infirmary has the lowest record of admissions, and Donaldson whose serving a five year stretch for grand larceny and embezzlement had a better chance of getting a Barclaycard than you have of getting into my infirmary.