Porridge and Going Straight

Last Edited: 11-Nov-2014 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

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.

Date
Episode
Title
Cast
Parameters
01-Apr-1973
S00e01
Prisoner And Escort
Ronnie Barker, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde 28:21, good
05-Sep-1974
S01e01
New Faces, Old Hands
Ronnie Barker, Brian Glover, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton
Mackay, Michael Barrington, Brian Wilde, John Bennett
27:54, good
28:48, video
12-Sep-1974
S01e02
The Hustler
Ronnie Barker, Ken Jones, Christopher Biggins, Brian Glover,
Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde, Ray
Dunbobbin, Graham Ashley, John Quarmby
27:39, good
28:45, video
19-Sep-1974
S01e03
A Night In
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale 29:53, good
30:45, video
26-Sep-1974
S01e04
A Day Out
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Brian Wilde, Fulton
Mackay, Ken Jones, Paul Angelis, Philip Jackson, Robert
Gillespie, John Rutland, Johnny Wade, Arnold Peters,
Ralph Watson, Peggy Mason
27:35, good
29:26, video
03-Oct-1974
S01e05
Ways And Means
Ronnie Barker, Tony Osoba, Brian Wilde, Fulton
Mackay, Michael Barrington, Ken Jones
27:45, M, good
28:36, video
10-Oct-1974
S01e06
Men Without Women
Ronnie Barker, Brian Glover, Brian Wilde, Sam Kelly,
Fulton Mackay, Patricia Brake, MB, Christopher Biggins,
Royston Tickner, Emlyn Price, June Ellis, Susan Littler,
Andonia Kataros, Rosalind Elliot
28:04, M, good
28:54, video
24-Oct-1975
S02e01
Just Desserts
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Ken Jones, Sam
Kelly, Christopher Biggins, Tony Osoba, Fulton Mackay,
Brian Wilde
28:08, good
31-Oct-1975
S02e02
Heartbreak Hotel
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay,
Patricia Brake, Brian Wilde
29:31, good
07-Nov-1975
S02e03
Disturbing The Peace
Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Michael Barrington, RBB,
Fulton Mackay, Tony Osoba
26:55, good
14-Nov-1975
S02e04
Happy Release
Ronnie Barker, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde, David Jason,
Richard Beckinsale
26:26, good
21-Nov-1975
S02e05
The Harder They Fall
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay,
Peter Vaughan, Brian Wilde
28:23, good
28-Nov-1975
S02e06
No Peace For The Wicked
Ronnie Barker, Sam Kelly, David Jason, Tony Osoba,
Michael Barrington, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde,
Paul McDowell
27:25, good
24-Dec-1975
S02eSP1
No Way Out
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Peter Vaughan, Brian
Wilde, Christopher Biggins, Fulton Mackay
39:36, good
24-Dec-1976
S02eSP2
The Desperate Hours
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Tony Osoba, Michael
Barrington, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde
41:28, good
18-Feb-1977
S03e01
Storm In A Teacup
Ronnie Barker, Ronald Lacey, Peter Vaughan, Richard
Beckinsale, Tony Osoba, Fulton Mackay, Sam Kelly,
Christopher Biggins, Brian Wilde
27:42, good
25-Feb-1977
S03e02
Poetic Justice
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Brian Wilde, Ronald
Lacey, Maurice Denham, Michael Barrington, Fulton
Mackay, Tony Osoba
29:31, good
04-Mar-1977
S03e03
Rough Justice
Ronnie Barker, Sam Kelly, Maurice Denham, Ronald
Lacey, Richard Beckinsale, Tony Osoba, Fulton Mackay
28:19, good
11-Mar-1977
S03e04
Pardon Me
Ronnie Barker, David Jason, Brian Wilde, Richard
Beckinsale, Christopher Biggins, Sam Kelly, Fulton
Mackay, Geoffrey Bayldon
29:43, good
18-Mar-1977
S03e05
A Test Of Character
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Sam
Kelly, Brian Wilde, Tony Osoba
29:40, good
25-Mar-1977
S03e06
Final Stretch
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Patricia Brake, Brian
Wilde, Fulton Mackay, Tony Osoba
28:38, good

Going Straight
Single series sequel to Porridge. TV Sound tracks only.
Date
Episode
Title
Cast
Parameters
24-Feb-1978
S01e01
Going Home
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Patricia Brake, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Written by Dick Clement and  Ian La Frenais
Directed by Sydney Lotterby

03-Mar-1978
S01e02
Going to be Alright
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Patricia Brake, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Written by Dick Clement and  Ian La Frenais
Directed by Sydney Lotterby

10-Mar-1978
S01e03
Going Sour
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Patricia Brake, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Written by Dick Clement and  Ian La Frenais
Directed by Sydney Lotterby
28:32, 6692, M
soundtrack only
17-Mar-1978
S01e04
Going to Work
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Patricia Brake, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Written by Dick Clement and  Ian La Frenais
Directed by Sydney Lotterby

24-Mar-1978
S01e05
Going, Going, Gone
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Patricia Brake, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Written by Dick Clement and  Ian La Frenais
Directed by Sydney Lotterby
24:58, 5854, M
soundtrack only
31-Mar-1978
S01e06
Going Off the Rails
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Patricia Brake, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Written by Dick Clement and  Ian La Frenais
Directed by Sydney Lotterby
29:36, 6939, M
soundtrack only





Documentaries and Specials
Date
Episode
Title
Cast
Parameters
Location
Status
1979
-
Porridge (The Movie)
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