Porridge

Season 3 - Porridge

• Season 3 Episode 8: Final Stretch (1977) Fletch tries to ensure that Godber hasn't blown his chances of early release after he gets into a fight a week before his parole board hearing. Classic comedy, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale
• Season 3 Episode 7: A Test of Character (1977) Godber starts work on another O-level course, but wily old cell-mate Fletcher can't understand why he doesn't just cheat in the exam. Prison comedy, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale
• Season 3 Episode 6: Pardon Me (1977) The inmates decide on a wager as the parole board gathers, with Blanco odds-on favourite for release. However, the old lag turns down his freedom and leaves Fletcher in danger of losing a small fortune. Prison comedy, starring Ronnie Barker and David Jason
• Season 3 Episode 5: Rough Justice (1977) The inmates are shocked to discover there's a thief in their midst, so Fletcher decides to stage a mock trial to bring the culprit to justice with the help of Slade's resident legal eagle Judge Rawley. Classic comedy, starring Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale and Maurice Denham
• Season 3 Episode 4: Poetic Justice (1977) Fletcher objects to having a third cell-mate foisted on him, especially as the newcomer seems to enjoy special privileges and the full backing of the wardens. Comedy, starring Ronnie Barker and Fulton Mackay
• Season 3 Episode 3: A Storm in a Teacup (1977) Harris accidentally drops stolen pills into Fletcher's midday cuppa - much to the annoyance of prison racketeer Harry Grout, who resents a newcomer muscling in on his patch. Classic comedy, starring Ronnie Barker
• Season 3 Episode 2: The Desperate Hours (1976) Barrowclough and Mackay discover Fletch is cooking up some home brew, and the crafty con seems certain to spend Christmas in solitary confinement. Festive edition of the classic comedy from 1976, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale
• Season 3 Episode 1: New Faces, Old Hands (1974) Crafty con Fletcher helps new inmate Godber settle in by giving him a few lessons on coping with prison life. Classic comedy first broadcast in 1974, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale

Season 2 - Porridge

• Season 2 Episode 6: No Peace for the Wicked (1975) Peace evades the inmates of Slade Prison, and Fletcher's bid to find a little tranquillity seems destined to fail. Comedy, starring Ronnie Barker and Brian Wilde
• Season 2 Episode 5: The Harder They Fall (1975) Godber takes up boxing and enters the prison championships. He's hot favourite to win until Fletcher is given the task of fixing the contest and nobbling his cell-mate. Classic comedy, starring Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale and Peter Vaughan
• Season 2 Episode 4: Happy Release (1975) Blanco ends up in the prison hospital, where he fears he's about to shuffle off this mortal coil and entrusts the whereabouts of his stashed fortune to fellow inmate Fletch, who is sharing a ward with him. Comedy, starring Ronnie Barker and David Jason
• Season 2 Episode 3: Disturbing the Peace (1975) With hard-nosed Mackay away on holiday, Fletcher and the rest of Slade's inmates take advantage of the relaxed atmosphere - and Barrowclough. Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale star
• Season 2 Episode 2: Heartbreak Hotel (1975) Love's young dream suddenly turns sour for Godber, causing his spirits to plummet - until Fletch comes up with a cunning plan involving his own beloved daughter. Comedy, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale
• Season 2 Episode 1: Just Deserts (1975) The inmates are horrified to discover there's a thief in their midst - and, for a while, no one is above suspicion. Prison comedy, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale

Season 1 - Porridge

• Season 1 Episode 6: Men Without Women (1974) Fletcher takes on the role of agony aunt and ends up writing letters home for his fellow inmates - but he soon discovers domestic problems of his own when his daughter brings bad news on visiting day. Classic comedy, starring Ronnie Barker and Patricia Brake
• Season 1 Episode 5: Ways and Means (1974) Fletch desperately wants to get out of the tedious task of making fishing nets, and hatches a crafty scheme to get himself assigned to the library. Classic comedy, starring Ronnie Barker
• Season 1 Episode 4: A Day Out (1974) The inmates face a day of hard labour digging drains on a lonely stretch of moorland - but attempt to turn the situation to their advantage. Prison comedy, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale
• Season 1 Episode 3: A Night In (1974) Fletcher helps Godber make it through the night, calling on his unpredictable and limitless imagination to while away the hours. Classic comedy, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale
• Season 1 Episode 2: The Hustler (1974) Betting fever sweeps Slade Prison, but the stakes soon rise too high for some of the inmates, stretching honour among thieves to the limit. Vintage comedy, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale
• Season 1 Episode 1: Prisoner and Escort (1973) Pilot episode of the classic comedy. Facing the dismal prospect of spending the next five years behind bars, wily old Fletcher plans his escape while being escorted to jail by sympathetic warden Mr Barrowclough. Ronnie Barker stars