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Porridge Season 1, Ep. 1 "New Faces, Old Hands"

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"Twenty-three and you want to go straight? What kind of talk is that? You've got your whole life in front of you!" It's Godber's first time in prison, and Fletch is going to teach him how to survive.
  • Starring: John Bennett, Edward Cogdale
  • Directed by: Sydney Lotterby
  • Runtime: 29 minutes
  • Original air date: September 05, 1974
  • Network: BBC
 
  
 
 

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1. New Faces, Old Hands
  September 5, 1974
"Twenty-three and you want to go straight? What kind of talk is that? You've got your whole life in front of you!" It's Godber's first time in prison, and Fletch is going to teach him how to survive.
 
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2. The Hustler
  September 12, 1974
Ives is such a loser that if Elizabeth Taylor had triplets, he'd have been the one in the middle. But there's no way he's going to be left out of Fletch's gambling enterprise.
 
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3. A Night In
  September 19, 1974
Fletch explains to Godber that the best way to cope with his first night in prison is to see it as just a "quiet night in." Trouble is, Godber's got another 698 to go.
 
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4. A Day Out
  September 26, 1974
The rest of the working party is thrilled to have a day out, but Fletch is masking indifference - what's so exciting about digging a ditch anyway?
 
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5. Ways and Means
  October 3, 1974
Who would want to spend eight hours a day sewing fishing nets? Not Fletch, who is hell-bent on a cushy job in the library.
 
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6. Men Without Women
  October 10, 1974
Fletch fancies himself as a bit of an agony aunt and is called upon by his fellow inmates to help out with affairs of the heart.
 
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Episode 1, "New Faces, Old Hands"
Synopsis: "Twenty-three and you want to go straight? What kind of talk is that? You've got your whole life in front of you!" It's Godber's first time in prison, and Fletch is going to teach him how to survive.
Original air date: September 5, 1974
Runtime: 29 minutes
ASIN: B000J2MD4K
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,439 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Porridge Season 1
Synopsis: The prison comedy that keeps viewers locked to their tv sets.
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde
Supporting actors: Fulton Mackay, Richard Beckinsale, Ken Jones, Paul Angelis, Philip Jackson, Robert Gillespie, John Rutland, Johnnie Wade, Arnold Peters, Ralph Watson, Peggy Mason
Season year: 1974
Genre: Comedy
Executive producer: Sydney Lotterby
Network: BBC
ASIN: B000J2KHW0
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