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Ronnie Barker in Porridge (1974)

Connections

Porridge

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Featured in

    • Laughter in the House: The Story of British Sitcom (TV Mini Series 1999)

    • Night of a Thousand Shows (TV Special 2000)

    • "The Greatest" 100 Greatest TV Characters (TV Episode 2001)

    • Ronnie Barker Interview (Video 2001)

      Clips are shown.
    • "Comedy Connections" Porridge (TV Episode 2003)

      Clips are shown

Followed by

    • Going Straight (TV Series 1978)

    • Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (TV Movie 2003)

    • Porridge (TV Movie 2016)

Follows

    • 7 of 1 (TV Series 1973)

Referenced in

    • "The Goodies" Hype Pressure (TV Episode 1976)

      "They've taken off Porridge"
    • "Going Straight" Going Off the Rails (TV Episode 1978)

      The opening title soundtrack is reprised.
    • "Shelley" Nor Iron Bars a Cage (TV Episode 1981)

      Ronnie Barker mentioned when discussing prison.
    • "The Bob Monkhouse Show" Episode #1.2 (TV Episode 1983)

      Mentioned by Bob in his introduction of Ronnie Barker.
    • "Spitting Image" Episode #4.1 (TV Episode 1987)

      Title referenced at start of "Lester Piggot in Champagne Breakfast".

References

    • The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series 1955–1959)

      Cited as an influence.

Remade as

    • On the Rocks (TV Series 1975–1976)

    • Laat maar zitten (TV Series 1988–1991)

      this is the Dutch version of Porridge

Spin-off

    • Porridge (1979)

    • Porridge (TV Series 2017)

      a remake

Spin-off from

    • "7 of 1" Prisoner and Escort (TV Episode 1973)

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