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The Best Episodes of Porridge Season 1

Every episode of Porridge Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Porridge Season 1!

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Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Porridge Season 1 Episode 1 - New Faces, Old Hands
    8.0/10(245 votes)

    #1 - New Faces, Old Hands

    S1:E1

    “Twenty-three and you want to go straight? What kind of talk is that? You've got your whole life in front of you!” It's Godber's first time in prison, and Fletch is going to teach him the ways.

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  2. Porridge Season 1 Episode 2 - The Hustler
    7.7/10(218 votes)

    #2 - The Hustler

    S1:E2

    Ives is such a loser that if Elizabeth Taylor had triplets, he'd have been the one in the middle. But there's no way he's going to be left out of Fletch's gambling enterprise.

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  3. Porridge Season 1 Episode 3 - A Night In
    8.3/10(230 votes)

    #3 - A Night In

    S1:E3

    Fletch explains to Godber that the best way to cope with his first night in prison, is to see it as just a "quiet night in". Trouble is, Godber's got another 698 to go.

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  4. Porridge Season 1 Episode 4 - A Day Out
    8.2/10(214 votes)

    #4 - A Day Out

    S1:E4

    The rest of the working party are thrilled to have a day out, but Fletch is masking indifference - what's so exciting about digging a ditch anyway?

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  5. Porridge Season 1 Episode 5 - Ways and Means
    7.6/10(196 votes)

    #5 - Ways and Means

    S1:E5

    Who would want to spend eight hours a day sewing fishing nets? Not Fletch, who is hell-bent on a cushy job in the library.

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  6. Porridge Season 1 Episode 6 - Men Without Women
    8.1/10(199 votes)

    #6 - Men Without Women

    S1:E6

    Fletch fancies himself as a bit of an agony aunt and is called upon by his fellow inmates to help out with affairs of the heart.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"New Faces, Old Hands" is the best rated episode of "Porridge" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 245 votes. Directed by Sydney Lotterby and written by Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement, it aired on 9/5/1974. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Hustler".