Porridge - S1E5

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Ways and Means

Series 1, episode 5

Written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

Directed by Sydney Lotterby

Originally Aired On: Thursday, 03 October 1974

Porridge' is slang for a jail sentence and habitual offender Norman Stanley Fletcher is doing five years of it. He whiles away the time sharing his wealth of experience with his fellow inmates, particularly naive, young first-timer Lennie, whom Fletch takes under his fatherly wing. Fletcher and McLaren scheme their way back into the Governor's 'good books' by staging McLaren's roof top protest that Fletcher heroically solves. His descent is not so heroic though!

Cast

Ronnie BarkerNorman Stanley Fletcher
Brian WildeMr. Barrowclough
Fulton MackayMr. Mackay
Richard BeckinsaleLennie Godber
Image for Alun ArmstrongAlun ArmstrongSpraggon
Michael BarringtonGovernor
David DakerJarvis
Maurice DenhamRawley
Brian GloverHeslop
Image for David JasonDavid JasonBlanco
Ken JonesIves
Ronald LaceyHarris
Tony OsobaMcLaren
Image for Peter VaughanPeter VaughanHarry Grout