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1995: 684: 1100:, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. It gained praise from both viewers and TV critics, with many calling for a full series to be made. The overnight ratings showed an estimated 4.4 million people had watched it. Following the success of the initial episode, in October 2016 the BBC announced that a full series of six episodes had been commissioned, with production to start in January 2017. The full series was released online on 6 October 2017 on the 1504:" in place of ruder words ("Naff off!", "Darn your own naffing socks", "Doing next to naff all"), thereby popularising a word that had been virtually unknown and the first recorded use of which was in 1966. Ronnie Barker did not claim to have invented it and in a television interview in 2003 it was explained to him on camera what the word meant, as he did not have a clue. The word is used in another Clement and La Frenais penned series, 44: 799:, "Final Stretch", was broadcast on 25 March 1977. The producers and the writers were keen to make more episodes, but Barker was wary of being "stuck with a character" and also wanted to move on to other projects, so the series came to a close. Barker did, however, reprise his role as Fletcher in a sequel, 1122:(a pun: the title has several meanings, like "Don't mention it" and "Let it be", but in this case it can also be interpreted as "Let them do time") ran from 1988 to 1991; later episodes of the Netherlands version were original scripts, the series also had a very successful Portuguese remake entitled 1478:
What fans could never know, however, unless they had been subjected to a stint of Her Majesty's Pleasure, was that the conflict between Fletcher and Officer Mackay was about the most authentic depiction ever of the true relationship that exists between prisoners and prison officers in British jails
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episodes, "A Night In" and "Heartbreak Hotel" in 1977.(REB 270) Two volumes of audio cassette releases ('Porridge' and 'More Porridge') comprising four episodes each, including the two episodes from the vinyl release, were issued in the mid-1990s, and later re-released on CD. A third volume of four
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For series 1, the narration is "clean" (i.e. no effects) and plays in one complete piece. For series 2 and 3, it is broken down by sentence into three sections and has an echo effect added to increase the gravity of the "judge's" words, with each of the three sentences followed by shots of locking
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Norman Stanley Fletcher, you have pleaded guilty to the charges brought by this court, and it is now my duty to pass sentence. You are an habitual criminal, who accepts arrest as an occupational hazard, and presumably accepts imprisonment in the same casual manner. We therefore feel constrained to
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when the protagonists' husbands are imprisoned there after reoffending in Series 7). The interior shots of doors being locked were filmed in Shepherds Bush police station as the BBC had a good relationship with officers there. In the episode "Pardon Me", Fletcher speaks to Blanco
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The first episode, "New Faces, Old Hands", was aired on BBC1 on 5 September 1974, attracting a television audience of over 16 million, and receiving positive reviews from critics. Two further series were commissioned, as well as two
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was then used for the third series. Scenes within cells and offices were filmed at the BBC's London studios, but for shots of the wider prison interior, series production designer Tim Gleeson converted an old water tank, used at
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was made in 1979. Barker again starred as Fletcher, and most of the supporting cast also returned. Unlike the television series, it was actually filmed at a real prison as HMP Chelmsford was temporarily vacant following a fire.
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up and down the country. I'm not sure how, but writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais ... grasped the notion that it is the minor victories against the naturally oppressive prison system that makes prison life bearable.
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The opening credits consist of outside shots of Slade prison and of several doors and gates being closed and locked, which was intended to set the scene. In the first series, there were also shots of
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serving his first sentence, whom Fletcher takes under his wing. Each episode's story focuses on their time in prison and the various issues they endure while serving their prison sentences.
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The programme's scriptwriters appear, uncredited, outside Fletch and Godber's cell in the episode "No Peace for the Wicked". Ronnie Barker had suggested the part of Lennie Godber for
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was a staple of our TV diet. In one high-security prison, a video orderly would be dispatched to tape the programme each week. If they missed it, they were in trouble.
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also featured as Fletcher's gormless son, Raymond. The series lasted six episodes, and generally was not as well received as its predecessor, although it did win two
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The sitcom focuses on two prison inmates, Norman Fletcher (played by Barker) and Lennie Godber (played by Beckinsale), who are serving time at the fictional
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refused permission for any production filming inside or outside a real prison. Instead the main gatehouse of the disused prison in Victoria Street,
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in West London, the barred windows in this case being those of the hospital pharmacy. The interior shots for the 1979 film were shot entirely at
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In the episode "No Way Out", Fletcher tries to get MacKay to fall into a tunnel in the prison yard. These outside shots were filmed at
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aired a 66-minute special retrospective for their "Comedy Classics" series. Actors and celebrities, including two former cast members
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pilot episodes. The most successful would then be made into a full series. One of the episodes was "Prisoner and Escort", written by
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was critically acclaimed and is widely considered to be one of the greatest British sitcoms of all time. It is ranked No. 35 on the
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Subsequently, Barker is reported to have said that he regretted recording himself as the judge, a role subsequently played by
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Following the pilot episode broadcast on 1 April 1973, the sitcom ran for three series between 5 September 1974
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While both Fletcher and Godber are the show's main characters, the series features two major supporting characters, both
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as Nigel Norman Fletcher, Norman Stanley Fletcher's grandson, serving five years in prison for computer hacking.
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The 1974 episode "A Day Out", which features a prison work party, was filmed in and around the Welsh village of
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In their research, Clement and La Frenais spoke to Jonathan Marshall, a former prisoner who had written a book,
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from 1974 to 1977. The programme ran for three series and two Christmas specials. A feature film of the
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commit you to the maximum term allowed for these offences; you will go to prison for five years.
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pilots. The cheery theme was "deliberately at variance with the dour comedy" and given a
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Prison was used as the fictitious H.M. Prison Slade in Cumberland. The building is now a
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The script allowed the prisoners to swear without offending viewers by using the word "
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was adapted into a stage show, also written by Clement and La Frenais, starring former
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A set of special stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of the TV show was issued by
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The prison exterior in the title sequence is the old St Albans prison gatehouse and
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On Sunday 28 August 2016, a one-off sequel to the original series, also titled
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This article is about the 1974 British TV series. For the 2016 series, see
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as well as starting a six-week run on prime-time BBC One on Fridays.
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was novelised under that title by Paul Victor in 1978. The film of
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of the show was made in 1979 and in 2003 a follow-up mockumentary,
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various doors around the "prison" with key locking sound effects.
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The main storylines of the sitcom focus on its central character,
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The special was written by the original creators and writers of
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episodes ('A Third Helping') was released on cassette in 2002.
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The BBC was forced to look around for locations because the
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was "nerk", which was used in place of the more offensive "
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Following the example of other sitcom crossovers, such as
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British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy
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take a look back, discuss and pay tribute to the show.
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The theme music for the closing credits was written by
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Between 1981–1999, scripted comedy competed alongside
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Main title, showing the main entrance to Slade prison.
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novelisations were published as the collected volume
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BBC Enterprises released an LP record featuring two
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