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.
Richard Beckinsale
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Richard Arthur Beckinsale was an English actor. He played Lennie Godber in the BBC sitcoms Porridge and Going Straight, and Alan Moore in the ITV sitcom Rising Damp. He was the father of actresses Sam
Porridge (1974 TV series)
…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 programme ran for three series…
Beckinsale as Lennie Godber in Porridge
Beckinsale's memorial plaque in St Paul's in Covent Garden