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Named for the then slang for being imprisoned (Doing Porridge) Porridge is a prison comedy that aired on [[The BBC]] between 1973 and 1977 with three seasons, two Christmas specials and [[The Movie|a film.]] Set in the fictional Slade Prison it starred [[The Two Ronnies|Ronnie Barker]] as Fletcher, a career criminal, and Richard Beckinsale as Godber, a naive new boy. The plot centered around the prisoners attempts get things past the prison wardens (the stern Mr Mackay and the soft Mr Barrowclough mostly), avoid trouble with the Prison Governor (who thinks he runs the place) and avoid the wrath of Harry Grout (an East End gang boss who really does).
== For reference and interest, the prisoners [[What Are You in For?|and their crimes]] are: ==
* Fletcher - Probably breaking and entering, although a speech that may have been a joke claims it was the theft of a lorry. (five years)
* Godber - Breaking and entering. (two years)
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* Bernard 'Horrible' Ives - Fraud. sentence unknown. Universally loathed.
Came seventh in ''[[Britain's Best Sitcom
Inspired a short-lived American TV sitcom, ''On The Rocks''.
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