Box set: The Ronnie Barker Collection

Porridge: Season 2

BBC Worldwide (1975)

Comedy

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/ Color / 172 mins

5014503106027

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PG (Parental Guidance)

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In Collection
#271

7.9

Plot

Series about Norman Stanley Fletcher, a criminal who is sent to Slade Prison for 5 years for robbery. He has been in prison many times before and knows the ins and outs of it. He becomes a father figure to most of the men inside and can easily get one over on the screw.

Cast

	Paul McDowell	Mr. Collinson
	Ken Jones	Ives
	Maurice Denham
	Brian Glover
	Fulton MacKay
	Ronnie Barker	Norman Stanley Fletcher
	David Daker
	John Dair	Crusher
	Michael Barrington
	Alan Armstrong
	Eric Dodson	Mr. Banyard
	Graham Ashley	Mr. Appleton

Crew

Director

Sidney Lotterby
Unspecified

Writer

Dick Clement

Episodes

Disc 01

1

Just Desserts

30 mins 24/10/1975

There's an outbreak of petty pilfering from the inmates in Slade prison. Fletcher is disgusted - after all, stealing may be a job on the 'outside', but it's despicable when it happens 'inside'.

Director: Sydney Lotterby

Writer: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais

2

Heartbreak Hotel

30 mins 31/10/1975

Godber gets bad news from his girlfriend. Fletcher tries to provide help and advice, but perhaps daughter Ingrid might provide a more suitable solution to Godber's problems

Director: Sydney Lotterby

Writer: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais

3

Disturbing the Peace

30 mins 07/11/1975

When Mr McKay leaves Slade Prison, Fletcher thinks that ""happy days are here again"". Until, that is, he meets Mr McKay's replacement.

Director: Sydney Lotterby

Writer: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais

4

No Peace For the Wicked

30 mins 14/11/1975

It's Saturday afternoon and Fletcher looks forward to a quiet read. Everyone else seems to have other ideas about how Fletcher should be spending his time.

Director: Sydney Lotterby

Writer: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais

5

Happy Release

30 mins 21/11/1975

Fletcher is having a spell in the prison hospital with a broken ankle. He's sharing a ward with old Blanco, who tells him that another inmate has swindled him out of his belongings in a crooked card game. Fletcher hatches a plan to recover Blanco's belongings and to take revenge on the culprit.

Director: Sydney Lotterby

Writer: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais

6

The Harder They Fall

30 mins 28/11/1975

Godber takes up boxing and wins a place in the prison championship, so Fletcher sees a chance for a bit of a flutter. Then Harry Grout takes an interest and insists that the fight is 'fixed'. When one of Grout's rivals takes a similar interest in Godber's opponent, it looks as if nobody can win. Fletcher, however, has other ideas.

Director: Sydney Lotterby

Writer: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais

7

No Way Out

45 mins 24/12/1975

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

8

The Desperate Hours

45 mins

Fletch and Godber go before the governor for brewing Christmas hooch but the governor has to excuse himself with the runs. His new 'trusty' redband Urwin then pulls a gun,taking Barraclough,Fletch,Godber and the governor's secretary Mrs. Jamieson - who,it is revealed,is having an affair with Barraclough - hostage though the radio report claims that Fletch and Godber are part of the desperate trio wanting a helicopter to fly them to Mexico. After he has accidentally taken the knock-out drops Barraclough intended for Urwin,Fletch comes to and disarms his captor,talking ...

Edition Details

Edition	The Complete Second Season
Series	Porridge
Release Date	30/09/2002
Packaging	Keep Case
Screen Ratio	Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles	English; English (Closed Captioned)
Layers	Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes	1

Personal Details

Links	Movie Collector Connect IMDB TheTvDb.com

Features

Pilot Episode "Prisoner & Escort"

Images

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