Aired Sunday 15 December, 12:50am - 1:20amon BBC Four HD

Porridge

Name: 11:40pm - Series 3 Episode 5
Start: 2025-01-11T23:40:00Z
End: 2025-01-12T00:10:00Z
Location: BBC Four HD

Series 3 Episode 4: Pardon Me

Fletch meets a man who has been in prison for 17 years for a crime he always claimed he didn't commit. To everybody's surprise, when he is offered parole he turns it down, seeing it as an admission of guilt.

Category: Sitcom
Original air date: 11/03/1977

Cast and crew

Sidney LotterbyDirector
Ronnie BarkerNorman Stanley Fletcher
Richard BeckinsaleLennie Albert Godber
Brian WildeMr. Barrowclough
Fulton MackayMr. Mackay
David JasonBlanco
Sam KellyWarren
Christopher BigginsLukewarm
Michael BarringtonGovernor

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Upcoming broadcasts

Tuesday 7 January, 8:00pmon BBC Four
Series 3 Episode 5
Tuesday 7 January, 8:00pmon BBC Four HD
Series 3 Episode 5
Saturday 11 January, 11:40pmon BBC Four
Series 3 Episode 5
Saturday 11 January, 11:40pmon BBC Four HD
Series 3 Episode 5