Porridge (1974 TV series)
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Porridge is a British sitcom, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, after a pilot episode in 1973. The pro
Seres' title shot, showing the entrance to the fictional Slade prison.
The frontage of the former St Albans Prison was used as the fictitious H.M. Prison Slade in Cumberland. The building is now a register office.
Brian Wilde
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Brian George Wilde was an English actor best known for his roles in television comedy, most notably Mr Barrowclough in Porridge and Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine. Although tall, h
Porridge (1974 TV series)
…Richard Beckinsale as Leonard Arthur "Lennie" Godber Brian Wilde as Prison officer Mr Barrowclough Peter Vaughan as "Genial" Harry Grout…
Brian Wilde blue plaque in Ashton-under-Lyne