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Title:

Porridge (DVD). The complete series / BBC Worldwide ; written by Dick Clement, Ian la Frenais ; produced & directed by Sydney Lotterby.

Publisher:

BBC Worldwide,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

3 videodiscs (approximately 625 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Television comedies--Great Britain.
Television comedies.
Television series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Lotterby, Sydney, actor.
Barker, Ronnie, actor.
Beckinsale, Richard, actor.
Mackay, Fulton, 1922-1987, actor.
Wilde, Brian, 1927-2008, actor.

Notes:

Title from disc label. Bonus features: 1973 pilot "Prisoner & Escort" ; 2016 remake pilot. Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton MacKay, Brian Wilde. Originally produced for television and aired between 1974-1977.

Contents:

Disc 1. Season 1, episodes 1-6 ; bonus content (approx. 180 min.) -- disc 2. Season 2, Episodes 1-6 ; 1975 Christmas special (approx. 221 min.) -- disc 3. Season 3, episodes 1-6 ; 1976 Christmas special ; bonus content (approx. 224 min.).

Summary:

Habitual offender Norman Stanley Fletcher is doing five years or porridge at HM Slade Prison. He passes the time sharing his wealth of experience with his fellow inmates, particularly naive, youge first-time offender Lennie whome Fletch takes under his fatherly wing.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)999823509

UPC:

883929573684

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)