Porridge (1979) on Netflix
Slade Prison takes in two new inmates: Rudge, serving his first sentence, and Oakes, an armed robber. Oakes asks Grouty to arrange his escape, but Fletch wants no part in it.
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Plot summary
Norman Stanley Fletcher, known as Fletch, is back inside at Slade Prison, where two new arrivals turn up: Rudge, a nervous first offender given work on the prison farm, and Oakes, an armed robber. Fletch takes Rudge under his wing. Oakes offers the prison's Mr Big, Harry Grout, a share of the proceeds from his last job in return for being sprung, and Grouty names his price. Grouty then presses Fletch to get the governor's consent for a football match between the prisoners and a team of celebrities, meant to raise morale. Fletch gets the new officer, Mr Beal, to put the idea to Principal Officer Mackay, who carries it to the governor. Fletch ends up running the prison side, and Grouty insists Oakes play in it.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Porridge (1979)
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- Chelmsford Prison in Essex stood empty while it was being refurbished after a fire in one of its wings, and most of Porridge was shot on location there.
- Most of Porridge was filmed in freezing conditions in January 1979, and the delays that caused meant Tony Osoba's part was cut back because he was committed to Charles Endell Esquire; his lines went to other actors.
- Porridge contains one of the last appearances by Richard Beckinsale, who played Godber; he died in March 1979, a few weeks after the film was completed.
