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PorridgeSeries 1
Episode 5 of 6

Fletcher is desperate to get away from making fishing nets - but how will he persuade the prison authorities to transfer him to the library?

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30 minutes

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Sun 9 May 201017:40
BBC Two except Scotland

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Credits

FletcherRonnie Barker
Mr MacKayFulton Mackay
Mr BarrowcloughBrian Wilde
IvesKen Jones
GovernorMichael Barrington
McLarenTony Osoba
Harry GroutPeter Vaughan
WriterIan La Frenais
WriterDick Clement
ProducerSydney Lotterby
GodberRichard Beckinsale
HeslopBrian Glover
DirectorSydney Lotterby

Broadcasts

  • Thu 3 Oct 197420:30
    BBC One London
  • Sun 9 May 201017:40
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, South East & Yorkshire

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