Porridge (2016 TV series)

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Porridge
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Dick Clement; Ian La Frenais
Written by	Dick Clement; Ian Le Frenais;
Directed by	Dominic Brigstocke
Starring	Kevin Bishop; Dave Hill; Mark Bonnar; Dominic Coleman;
Composer	Max Harris
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producers	Tarquin Gotch; Steven Canny;
Producer	Richard Webb
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	28 minutes
Production company	BBC Studios
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	28 August 2016 –; present

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Porridge is a British sitcom written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, that premiered on BBC One on 6 October 2017 after the success of the pilot that aired in 2016 as part of the BBC's Landmark Sitcom Season. It is a sequel series to the 1974 show of the same name. The show features Kevin Bishop as Nigel Norman Fletcher, the grandson of Norman Stanley Fletcher from the original series, who is in prison for cyber crimes.

Cast

Kevin Bishop as Nigel Norman Fletcher
Dave Hill as Joe Lotterby
Mark Bonnar as Officer Meekie
Dominic Coleman as Officer Braithwaite
Jason Barnett as Shel
Colin Hoult as Barry
Harman Singh as Aziz
Colin McFarlane as The Judge
Daniel Fearn as Ullett
Rory Gallagher as Loomis
Ricky Grover as Scudds
Harry Peacock as Dougie Parfitt
Pippa Haywood as Governor Littlewood

Production

In March 2016, it was announced that a sequel pilot to Porridge would air as part of the BBC's Landmark Sitcom Season, starring Kevin Bishop as Norman Stanley Fletcher's grandson and written by the original writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.^[1]

After the success of the pilot, in October 2016, BBC One commissioned the show for a full series which went into production in January 2017.^[2]

The show contains a number of affectionate references to the original series. For instance, the character of Joe Lotterby is named for Sydney Warren Lotterby OBE (born 30 November 1926), a British television producer and director, who was involved with producing the original series.^{[citation needed]}

Episodes

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
Series	Episodes		First aired	Last aired
1	6		6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)	10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)

Pilot (2016)

Title	Director	Writers	First broadcast
"Porridge"	Dominic Brigstocke	Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais	28 August 2016 (2016-08-28)
Fletch's IT skills are required when Richie Weeks seeks to have his record sanitised prior to an upcoming parole hearing.

Series 1 (2017)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Director	Writers	First broadcast
3	2	"The Cake"	Dominic Brigstocke	Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais	13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)

References

^ "Kevin Bishop to star in brand new Porridge for BBC One". BBC Media Centre. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
^ "BBC commissions more Porridge and Motherland and a series of A Brief History Of Tim". BBC Media Centre. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

External links

Porridge at BBC Online
Porridge at IMDb

[1] "Kevin Bishop to star in brand new Porridge for BBC One". BBC Media Centre. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

[2] "BBC commissions more Porridge and Motherland and a series of A Brief History Of Tim". BBC Media Centre. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

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