Porridge
A habitual criminal serves a prison sentence at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland, where he shares a cell with an honest but naive inmate. Together, they navigate an authoritarian regime, rival prisoners, shortages, petty schemes, and the daily struggle to preserve their dignity and independence.
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Season 1
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E1
New Faces, Old Hands
“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.
Sep 5, 1974 · 28m -
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E2
The Hustler
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.
Sep 12, 1974 · 28m -
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E3
A Night In
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.
Sep 19, 1974 · 30m -
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E4
A Day Out
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?
Sep 26, 1974 · 29m -
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E5
Ways and Means
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.
Oct 3, 1974 · 28m -
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E6
Men Without Women
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.
Oct 10, 1974 · 29m
