Porridge - Series 2 ( Porridge - Series Two )

Porridge - Series 2 (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Porridge - Series Two
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
205 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1974 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Actors:
Ronnie Barker ..... Norman Stanley Fletcher
Brian Wilde ..... Mr. Barrowclough
Fulton Mackay ..... Mr. Mackay
Richard Beckinsale ..... Lennie Godber
Sam Kelly ..... Warren
Tony Osoba ..... McLaren

Synopsis:

All the episodes from the second series of the classic TV comedy. Just Desserts Fletch is appalled - apparently there is a thief amongst his fellow inmates at Slade Prison! Somebody has lifted a 2lb tin of Pineapple chunks from his cell.

Heartbreak HotelIt is just too ridiculous to be true: surely Godber could never attack anyone? But then he had just received a Dear John letter from his beloved Denise.

Disturbing The PeaceIt should be good news that Mackay is going away on a course, but then they haven't met his replacement yet.

No Peace For The Wicked Whilst the rest of the prison are enjoying an A-wing football match, Fletch tries to grab a little peace and quiet.

Happy Release Mackay just can't believe that Fletch has really broken his foot - surely he must be malingering?

The Harder They Fall Ever since Godber took up wrestling, the cell has been smelling like a Turkish wrestler's jockstrap and Fletch has just about had enough.

Season 2

Just Desserts

S2, Ep1 Oct. 24, 1975

Fletch's tin of pineapple chunks has gone missing and the culprit is Mr. Barraclough, who took them home to eat with his wife's gammon steak. He likes Fletch, as he has been a good listener on his marital problems and says he will replace the tin. Meanwhile Godber steals a tin for Fletch from the kitchen and its absence is noted by Officer Birchwood, who informs MacKay. When MacKay goes to look, however, the tin has been surreptitiously replaced by Mr. Barraclough, causing Warren to think it's a miracle. Fletch still gets taken to the governor by MacKay, leaving the tin of ...

Heartbreak Hotel

S2, Ep2 Oct. 31, 1975

Godber sends a request to a radio music show to play a record for his girl-friend Denise, but it is rejected because it is on prison notepaper. At visiting time Fletch's daughter Ingrid causes a stir as she seems to be not wearing a bra and Godber's mother tells her son that Denise has left him. Later that day Fletch is less than pleased to find Godber writing on plain paper to Ingrid.

Disturbing the Peace

S2, Ep3 Nov. 7, 1975

MacKay is transferred to another prison but Fletch's joy is short-lived when he finds that the replacement is Wainwright,an extremely harsh officer who makes MacKay look like a pussy-cat. To make things worse Fletch's ally Mr. Barraclough is transferred to the prison farm. A plan is concocted where the cons start a riot in defiance of Wainwright and Barraclough steps in to defuse the situation. Barraclough is thus seen as a hero and Wainwright resigns, to be replaced by MacKay. As MacKay returns the prisoners sing 'For He's a Jolly Good Fellow'.

Happy Release

S2, Ep4 Nov. 14, 1975

Fletch is in the prison hospital, where an unpleasant con called Norris, shortly to be released, has won at gambling the possessions of Blanco, the harmless old orderly. Fletch hatches a plan involving a supposed treasure map which is 'reluctantly' handed over to Norris in exchange for Blanco's things, amongst them a radio. Some days later Fletch and Blanco hear on the radio how Norris, now released, has been arrested for digging for the buried treasure - on a football pitch.

The Harder They Fall

S2, Ep5 Nov. 21, 1975

When Godber enters the prison boxing tournament Fletch is under orders from prison 'Daddy', Harry Grout, a con who is more to be feared than the screws, to get him to throw the fight in the second round. Fletch tries to bribe Godber with chocolate, only to be told that Godber has promised a rival of Grouty, Moffett, that he will lose the fight in the first round. In the event both Godber and his opponent throw the fight in the same round, to the delight of Fletch, the only man in the prison who was betting on a draw.

No Peace for the Wicked

S2, Ep6 Nov. 28, 1975

It's Saturday afternoon and Fletch just wants to be left in peace in his cell but there are constant interruptions - Barraclough coming in for a chat, MacKay showing prison visitors around and Maclaren wanting to borrow chewing gum. An irate Fletch threatens to throw the next caller over the rails. It's the chaplain and Fletch goes through with his claim. He gets solitary. Bliss. Could they make it three weeks?

No Way Out

S2, Ep7 Dec. 24, 1975

Christmas Special. Fletcher discovers that his fellow inmates are planning to escape.

The Desperate Hours

S2, Ep8 Dec. 24, 1976

Fletch and Godber go before the governor for brewing Christmas hooch but the governor has to excuse himself with the runs. His new 'trusty' redband Urwin then pulls a gun, taking Barraclough, Fletch, Godber and the governor's secretary Mrs. Jamieson - who, it is revealed, is having an affair with Barraclough - hostage though the radio report claims that Fletch and Godber are part of the desperate trio wanting a helicopter to fly them to Mexico. After he has accidentally taken the knock-out drops Barraclough intended for Urwin, Fletch comes to and disarms his captor, talking ...

Fletcher's doing five years for breaking and entering. He's quick witted and never short of a trick or two to make his life that little bit easier. Lennie Godber's his cellmate who Fletch often teases but also protects in a father-like way. The other two main characters are prison officers; MacKay's a militarily strict type, keen to adhere to the rules, while Mr Barrowclough is almost a complete opposite and easily manipulated by Fletcher. Due to lack of scholastic training Norman Stanley Fletcher took to stealing instead of stockbroking and is doing 'porridge' for taking a fancy to someone else's lorry. This DVD contains all six episodes from the second series, and the pilot episode Prisoner & Escort. Just Desserts, Heartbreak Hotel, Disturbing the Peace, No Peace for the Wicked, Happy Release, The Harder They Fall.

Just Desserts
Fletch is appalled - apparently there is a thief amongst his fellow inmates at Slade Prison1 Somebody has lifted a 2lb tin of pineapple chunks from his cell.

Heartbreak Hotel
It is just too ridiculous to be true: surely Godber could never attack anyone? But then he had just received a Dear John letter from his beloved Denise.

Disturbing the Peace
It should be good news that Mackay is going away on a course, but then they haven't met his replacement yet.

No Peace for the Wicked
Whilst the rest of the prison are enjoying an A-Wing versus B-Wing football match, Fletch tries to grab a little peace and quiet.

Happy Release
Mackay just can't believe that Fletch has really broken his foot - surely he much be malingering?

The Harder they Fall
Ever since Godber took up wrestling, the cell has been smelling like a Turkish wrestler's jockstrap and Fletch has just about had enough.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 08 April, 2009.