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Porridge is a British television sitcom, starring Kevin Bishop, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and broadcast on BBC One. The show is a sequel to the original 1974 series of the same name, which both Clement and La Frenais wrote. The sitcom focuses on prison inmate, Nigel Norman Fletcher, the grandson of Norman Stanley Fletcher, who is sent to Wakeley Prison to serve a five year sentence for cyber crimes.
Original Release
10/06/2017 on BBC
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Kevin Bishop | Fletch / Nigel Norman Fletcher |
Dave Hill | Joe Lotterby |
Mark Bonnar | Officer Meekie |
Jason Barnett | Shel |
Harman Singh | Aziz |
Dominic Coleman | Officer Braithwaite |
Ricky Grover | Scudds |
Pippa Haywood | Governor Hallwood |
Caolan Byrne | Culhane |
Harry Peacock | Dougie Parfitt |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The Go-Between | Friday, 06 October 2017 |
2 | The Cake | Friday, 06 October 2017 |
3 | The Minder | Friday, 06 October 2017 |
4 | The Witness | Friday, 06 October 2017 |
5 | The Listener | Friday, 06 October 2017 |
6 | The Rift | Friday, 06 October 2017 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kevin Bishop | Fletch / Nigel Norman Fletcher |
Dave Hill | Joe Lotterby |
Mark Bonnar | Officer Meekie |
Jason Barnett | Shel |
Harman Singh | Aziz |
Dominic Coleman | Officer Braithwaite |
Ricky Grover | Scudds |
Pippa Haywood | Governor Hallwood |
Caolan Byrne | Culhane |
Harry Peacock | Dougie Parfitt |
Amina Zia | Officer Driscoll |
Daniel Fearn | Ullett |
John Marquez | Nagid |
Zahra Ahmadi | Dr Marsden |
Rory Gallagher | Loomis |
Colin Hoult | Barry |
Phil Cornwell | Rob Strange |
Saira Choudhry | Joanne |
Moyo Akandé | Officer Gemmell |
Steve Meo | Owen |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Steven Canny | Executive Producer |
Tarquin Gotch | Executive Producer |
Richard Webb | Producer |
Lauriel Martin | Producer |