Porridge
1h 33min

Comedy

Crime

Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.

Production Companies

Witzend Productions

Black Lion Films

Cast

Ronnie Barker

Norman Stanley Fletcher

Richard Beckinsale

Lennie Godber

Fulton Mackay

Mackay

Brian Wilde

Barrowclough

Peter Vaughan

Grouty

Julian Holloway

Bainbridge

Geoffrey Bayldon

Treadaway - Governor

Christopher Godwin

Beal

Barrie Rutter

Oakes

Daniel Peacock

Rudge

Sam Kelly

Warren

Ken Jones

Ives

Gorden Kaye

Dines

Philip Locke

Banyard

Oliver Smith

McMillan

Karl Howman

Urquhart

Andrew Dunford

Armstrong

Steve Steen

Wellings

Ivan Steward

Simpkins

Derek James

Small

Tony Osoba

McLaren

Zoot Money

Lotterby

Rod Culbertson

Callaghan

Derek Deadman

Cooper

Robert Putt

Atkinson

Allan Warren

Whalley

Stewart Harwood

Whittaker

John Barrett

Hedley

Paul Barber

Morgan

Sebastian Abineri

Hayward

John Dair

Sampson

Barry James

Delilah

Jackie Pallo Jr.

Jacko

Robert Lee

Tinkler

Robert Hamilton

Cox

Charles Pemberton

Miller

Colin Rix

Lassiter

Michael O'Hagan

Paul McDowell

Collinson

Paul Luty

Chalky

Duncan Preston

Weatherman

Elizabeth Knight

Sheila

Nicholas McArdle

PC Townsend

Jean Campbell-Dallas

Old Lady

Bill Kerry

Old Man

Bunny May

Alf

Release date

12th Aug 1979

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English

Porridge1h 33min