Porridge
Comedy
Crime
Fletcher's inside story - even funnier as a film
Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.
1979-08-12
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Cast
Director
Dick Clement
Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher
Richard Beckinsale as Lennie Godber
Fulton Mackay as Mr. Mackay
Brian Wilde as Mr. Barrowclough
Peter Vaughan as Grouty
Julian Holloway as Mr. Bainbridge
Geoffrey Bayldon as Governor Treadaway
Christopher Godwin as Mr. Beal
Barrie Rutter as Oakes
Daniel Peacock as Rudge
Sam Kelly as Warren
Ken Jones as Ives
Philip Locke as Banyard
Gorden Kaye as Dines
Oliver Smith as McMillan
Steve Steen as Wellings
Karl Howman as Urquhart
Zoot Money as Lotterby
Derek Deadman as Cooper
Robert Putt as Atkinson
Tony Osoba as McLaren
John Barrett as Hedley
Paul Barber as Morgan
Sebastian Abineri as Hayward
Barry James as Delilah
Robert Lee as Tinkler
Michael O'Hagan as MO
Duncan Preston as Weatherman
Elizabeth Knight as Sheila
Pat Ryan as Supervising Officer (uncredited)