COMEDY CLASSICS: PORRIDGE (2022)

Not Rated
Comedy Classics: Porridge
Documentary
December 16, 2022
English
1h 30m
England
Channel 5
An homage to the prison comedy series Porridge, created by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. This documentary examines how Ronnie Barker’s Fletch influenced Slade Prison’s characters. There is also a look at 1978’s Going Straight, Porridge: The Movie, the US remake On the Rocks, and the 2017 reboot starring Kevin Bishop and Ricky Grover.
Cast & Characters
David Jason
Narrator
Ronnie Barker
(archive footage)
Brian Wilde
(archive footage)
Fulton Mackay
(archive footage)
Richard Beckinsale
(archive footage)
Sam Kelly
(archive footage)