Porridge and Going Straight

Last Edited: 17-Nov-2007 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Some information is from http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/porridge/index.html


A television show about life in Slade Prison. Going Straight is a sequel.

Cast:
RBA: Ronnie Barker
RBE: Richard Beckinsale (1947–Mar 1979)
BG: Brian Glover
BW: Brian Wilde
CB: Christopher Biggins
DJ: David Jason
FMK: Fulton Mackay
GB: Geoffrey Bayldon
KJ: Ken Jones
 MB: Michael Barrington
MD: Maurice Denham
PB: Patricia Brake
PMD: Paul McDowell
PV: Peter Vaughan
RL: Ronald Lacey
SK: Sam Kelly
TO: Tony Osoba
 Writers:
Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais

Producer: Sydney Lotterby
Music: Max Harris
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
 Location
 Status
01-Apr-1973
 S00e01
 Prisoner And Escort
 RBA, FMK, BW
 28:21, good
 -
 G
05-Sep-1974
 S01e01
 New Faces, Old Hands
 RBA, BG, RBE, FMK, MB, BW, John Bennett
 27:54, good
28:48, video
 -
 G
12-Sep-1974
 S01e02
 The Hustler
 RBA, KJ, CB, BG, RBE, FMK, BW, Ray Dunbobbin, Graham Ashley, John Quarmby
 27:39, good
28:45, video
 -
 G
19-Sep-1974
 S01e03
 A Night In
 RBA, RBE
 29:53, good
30:45, video
 -
 G
26-Sep-1974
 S01e04
 A Day Out
 RBA, RBE, BW, FMK, KJ, Paul Angelis, Philip Jackson, Robert Gillespie, John Rutland, Johnny Wade, Arnold Peters, Ralph Watson, Peggy Mason
 27:35, good
29:26, video
 -
 G
03-Oct-1974
 S01e05
 Ways And Means
 RBA, TO, BW, FMK, MB, KJ
 27:45, M, good
28:36, video
 -
 G
10-Oct-1974
 S01e06
 Men Without Women
 RBA, BG, BW, SK, FMK, PB, MB, CB, Royston Tickner, Emlyn Price, June Ellis, Susan Littler, Andonia Kataros, Rosalind Elliot
 28:04, M, good
28:54, video
 -
 G
24-Oct-1975
 S02e01
 Just Desserts
 RBA, RBE, KJ, SK, CB, TO, FMK, BW
 28:08, good
 -
 G
31-Oct-1975
 S02e02
 Heartbreak Hotel
 RBA, RBE, FMK, PB, BW
 29:31, good
 -
 G
07-Nov-1975
 S02e03
 Disturbing The Peace
 RBA, BW, MB, RBB, FMK, TO
 26:55, good
 -
 G
14-Nov-1975
 S02e04
 Happy Release
 RBA, FMK, BW, DJ RBE
 26:26, good
 -
 G
21-Nov-1975
 S02e05
 The Harder They Fall
 RBA, RBE, FMK, PV, BW,
 28:23, good
 -
 G
28-Nov-1975
 S02e06
 No Peace For The Wicked
 RBA, SK, DJ, TO, MB, FMK, BW, PMD
 27:25, good
 -
 G
24-Dec-1975
 S02eSP1
 No Way Out
 RBA, RBE, PV, BW, CB, FMK
 39:36, good
 -
 G
24-Dec-1976
 S02eSP2
 The Desperate Hours
 RBA, RBE, TO, MB, FMK, BW
 41:28, good
 -
 G
18-Feb-1977
 S03e01
 Storm In A Teacup
 RBA, RL, PV, RBE, TO, FMK, SK, CB, BW
 27:42, good
 -
 G
25-Feb-1977
 S03e02
 Poetic Justice
 RBA, RBE, BW, RL, MD, MB, FMK, TO
 29:31, good
 -
 G
04-Mar-1977
 S03e03
 Rough Justice
 RBA, SK, MD, RL, RBE, TO, FMK
 28:19, good
 -
 G
11-Mar-1977
 S03e04
 Pardon Me
 RBA, DJ, BW, RBE, CB, SK, FMK, GB
 29:43, good
 -
 G
18-Mar-1977
 S03e05
 A Test Of Character
 RBA, RBE, FMK, SK, BW, TO
 29:40, good
 -
 G
25-Mar-1977
 S03e06
 Final Stretch
 RBA, RBE, PB, BW, FMK, TO
 28:38, good
 -
 G


Going Straight


Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
 Location
 Status
24-Feb-1978
 S01e01
 Going Home
 -
 -
 -
 N
03-Mar-1978
 S01e02
 Going to be Alright
 -
 -
 -
 N
10-Mar-1978
 S01e03
 Going Sour
 -
 -
 -
 N
17-Mar-1978
 S01e04
 Going to Work
 -
 -
 -
 N
24-Mar-1978
 S01e05
 Going, Going, Gone
 -
 -
 -
 N
31-Mar-1978
 S01e06
 Going Off the Rails
 -
 -
 -
 N



Documentaries and Specials

Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
 Location
 Status
1979
 -
 Porridge (The Movie)
 -
 -
 -
 N