Porridge
Porridge Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.1 | ||
| S2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.4 | |
| S3 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.3 |
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About
"Prison sitcom that finds dignity in defeat"
Porridge follows Norman Stanley Fletcher, a wry career criminal serving another stretch in a fictional English prison, and his earnest young cellmate Godber trying to survive the system without losing themselves in it. It's a character sitcom built almost entirely on dialogue: sharp, world-weary one-liners, petty prison politics, and the small daily indignities of institutional life. There's little physical comedy or plot momentum; the pleasure comes from Fletcher's philosophy of getting by with dignity intact. Warm, dry, and quietly humane despite the grim setting, it rewards patience with genuinely brilliant writing.
the razor-sharp dialogue and Ronnie Barker's world-weary performance as a lifer who never quite loses
you need visual gags or fast plotting rather than talk-driven character comedy.
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