Porridge - S1E6

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Men Without Women

Series 1, episode 6

Written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

Directed by Sydney Lotterby

Originally Aired On: Thursday, 10 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. Fletch offers his services to his fellow felons by drafting a letter to their respective spouses to remind them not to stray while they are inside. Meanwhile Fletch has hatched a plot to make everyone believe his own wife has strayed in order to con the authorities into giving him some compassionate leave.

Cast

Ronnie BarkerNorman Stanley Fletcher
Brian WildeMr. Barrowclough
Fulton MackayMr. Mackay
Richard BeckinsaleLennie Godber
Michael BarringtonGovernor
Image for Christopher BigginsChristopher BigginsLukewarm
Patricia BrakeIngrid Fletcher
Rosalind ElliotElaine
June EllisIsobel Fletcher
Brian GloverHeslop
Donald GrovesTrevor
Andonia KatsarosIris
Sam KellyWarren
Susan LittlerNorma
Emlyn PriceTolly
Royston TicknerSgt. Norris