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Porridge: Season 2

Porridge

Porridge: Season 2

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1975)
DVD
US - TV-14
5014503106027
TV Series | Comedy | Crime
UK | English | Color | 04:27

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.


Episodes View details

1 Just Desserts 28 min | Oct 24, 1975

Fletch's stolen tin of pineapple chunks has gone missing and the unlikely culprit is Mr. Barraclough, who took them home pending the opportunity to return them to the kitchen, only to discover his wife using them with a gammon steak. He likes Fletch, as he has been a good listener on his marital problems and says he will replace the tin if Fletch pays for it. Meanwhile, Godber steals another tin for Fletch from the kitchen and its absence is noted by Officer Birchwood, who informs Mackay. When Mackay goes to check, the tin has been surreptitiously replaced by Mr. Barraclough just a few seconds before, causing Warren to think it's a miracle. However, Mackay later finds Godber's "present" on his bed, and Fletch is on his way to the governor.

2 Heartbreak Hotel 29 min | Oct 31, 1975

Godber sends a request to a radio music show to play a record for his fiancee Denise, but it is rejected, probably because it is written on prison notepaper. At visiting time Fletch's daughter Ingrid causes a stir as she seems to be not wearing a bra and Godber is amongst the interested parties. He gets news that Denise has left him for another man, and attacks prisoner Jackdaw, who found the news amusing. His otherwise good record and the mitigating circumstances keep him out of a spell in the cooler, but later that day Fletch is less than pleased to find Godber writing another request to the BBC, this time on plain paper. It's a dedication to Ingrid.

3 Disturbing the Peace 29 min | Nov 07, 1975

Mackay is temporarily away on a promotion course, but Fletch's joy is short-lived when he finds that the replacement is 'Napper' Wainwright, an extremely harsh officer who makes Mackay look like a pussy-cat. To make things worse, Fletch's ally Mr. Barraclough is transferred to the prison farm. A plan is concocted where the cons start a riot in defiance of Wainwright, and Barraclough steps in to defuse the situation. Barraclough is thus seen as a hero, gets his old position back and Wainwright returns to Brixton Prison. As Mackay returns from his course, the prisoners sing 'For He's a Jolly Good Fellow'.

4 No Peace for the Wicked 28 min | Nov 14, 1975

It's Saturday afternoon and Fletch just wants to be left in peace in his cell but there are constant interruptions - Barraclough coming in for a chat, Mackay showing prison visitors around, Blanco wanting to show off his toy mule and Maclaren wanting to borrow chewing gum. An irate Fletch threatens to throw the next caller over the rails. It's the chaplain and Fletch goes through with his threat. He gets solitary. Bliss. Could they make it three weeks?

5 Happy Release 28 min | Nov 21, 1975

Fletch is in the prison hospital, where an unpleasant con called Norris, shortly to be released, has won the possessions of an elderly prisoner, Blanco. Fletch hatches a plan involving a supposed treasure map which is 'reluctantly' handed over to Norris in exchange for Blanco's things, amongst them a radio. Some days later Fletch and Blanco hear on the radio how Norris, now released, has been arrested for digging for the buried treasure - on a football pitch.

6 The Harder They Fall 29 min | Nov 28, 1975

When Godber enters the prison boxing tournament, Fletch is under orders from prison 'Daddy', Harry Grout, a con who is more to be feared than the screws, to get him to throw the fight in the second round. Fletch tries to bribe Godber with chocolate, only to be told that Godber has already promised Moffatt, a rival of Grout, that he will lose the fight in the first round. In the event both Godber and his opponent throw the fight in the same round, to the delight of Fletch, the only man in the prison who was betting on a draw.

7 No Way Out 41 min | Dec 24, 1975

Fletcher discovers that his fellow inmates are planning to escape.

Cast View all

Fulton MacKay Mr. Mackay
Ronnie Barker Norman Stanley Fletcher
Brian Wilde Mr. Barrowclough
Richard Beckinsale Lennie Godber
Paul Phillips Prisoner
Sam Kelly Warren
Eric Kent Prisoner
John Cannon Prisoner
Eric French Warder
Tony Osoba McLaren
Alf Mangan Prisoner
Eden Fox Warder
Peter Vaughan Harry Grout
David Jason Blanco
Christopher Biggins Lukewarm
Paul McDowell Mr. Collinson
Eric Dodson Mr. Banyard
Michael Barrington Governor Venables
Tony O'Leary Warder
Graham Crowden Prison Doctor
Peter Jeffrey Mr. Wainwright
Graham Ashley Mr. Appleton
John Dair Crusher
Cyril Shaps Jackdaw
Philip Madoc Williams

Edition details

Edition The Complete Second Season
Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Subtitles English | English (Closed Captioned)
Extras Pilot Episode "Prisoner & Escort"
Layers Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date Sep 30, 2002
Regions Region 2

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Index 2927
Added Date May 27, 2023 22:46:13
Modified Date Jul 16, 2024 09:18:17