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Porridge S0E5 — Case for Britain's Best Sitcom

Porridge•Season 0•Episode 5

Case for Britain's Best Sitcom

Jan 6, 200930 min

Johnny Vaughan argues the case for Porridge in BBC Britian's Best Sitcom "'Porridge' is set in the grimmest place imaginable - a prison. And yet still manages to be both gritty and witty". "Why? The scripts of course… and it doesn't hurt that Fletcher - the most

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Seasons3

Season 0 Episodes9

Prisoner and Escort - Pilot still

Prisoner and Escort - Pilot

No Way Out still

No Way Out

The Desperate Hours still

The Desperate Hours

Porridge - The Movie still

Porridge - The Movie

Case for Britain's Best Sitcom still

Case for Britain's Best Sitcom

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

Porridge: Inside Out - Sent Down still

Porridge: Inside Out - Sent Down

Porridge: Inside Out - Banged Up still

Porridge: Inside Out - Banged Up

Porridge: Inside Out - Good Behaviour still

Porridge: Inside Out - Good Behaviour

Cast12

Ronnie Barker

Ronnie Barker

Norman Stanley Fletcher

Richard Beckinsale

Richard Beckinsale

Lennie Godber

Fulton Mackay

Fulton Mackay

Mr. Mackay

Brian Wilde

Brian Wilde

Mr. Barrowclough

David Daker

David Daker

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

Ronald Lacey

Ronald Lacey

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

Harry Grout

Tony Osoba

Tony Osoba

McLaren

David Jason

David Jason

Blanco

Sam Kelly

Sam Kelly

Warren

Patricia Brake

Patricia Brake

Ingrid Fletcher

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Episode Summary

"Case for Britain's Best Sitcom" is episode 5 of Porridge season 0. It aired on January 6, 2009.

Next: E7 · Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher Best of Season 0