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Richard Beckinsale - what members say


  • Porridge - Series 1
  • Porridge - Series 1 review by A customer from Arnold, Nottingham
    Rated - 5.0 stars Late, great comedy duo 30 October 2005
    ...Who would haev though that a series about life in Prison could be so funny? Richard Beckinsale and Ronnie Barker have a brilliant chemistry as Fletcher and Lennie, each episode w...   Read customer review
  • Porridge - The Christmas Specials
  • Porridge - The Christmas Specials review by from Lancashire, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Another bowl please! 4 March 2005
    ...Comedy really doesn't get any better than this. Ronnie barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay and Brian Wilde work tgether superbly. The only thing that Ronnie Barker has done...   Read customer review

Richard Beckinsale - filmography


  • Porridge
  • Porridge on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Ronnie Barker,  Richard Beckinsale,  Fulton MacKay
    Director: Dick Clement
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This feature-length version of the Porridge [1979] TV series continues to follow the exploits of prison inmates Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker) and Lennie Godber (Richard Beckinsale). A new officer (Christopher Godwin) makes Mackay (Fulton Mackay) look postively timid and, to make things ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 2,450 members
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  • Porridge - Series 3
  • Porridge - Series 3 on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Ronnie Barker,  Richard Beckinsale,  Fulton MacKay
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The third series of PORRIDGE starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as the cellmates in Slade Prison under the steely gaze of Mackay and the not so steely gaze of Barrowclough. Classic comedy from Clement and La Frenais, this series sees Fletch having to share his cell with the bent judge ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 4,685 members
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  • Porridge - The Christmas Specials
  • Porridge - The Christmas Specials on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Ronnie Barker,  Richard Beckinsale
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Norman Stanley Fletcher is an ordinary thief doing time in prison. This tape features the christmas special episodes of his misadventures in prison along with his cellmate Fletcher and the various guards.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 3,632 members
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  • Porridge - Series 2
  • Porridge - Series 2 on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Ronnie Barker,  Fulton Mackay,  Fulton MacKay
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The entire second series of PORRIDGE is presented in this collection. The 1970s Britcom stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale (Kate's father) as prison inmates. Lennie Godber (Beckinsale) is adjusting to prison life and tough guy Norman Stanley "Fletch" Fletcher (Barker) is still looking out ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 4,107 members
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  • Porridge - Series 1
  • Porridge - Series 1 on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Ronnie Barker,  Fulton MacKay,  Brian Wilde
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This collection presents the entire first series of the 1970s classic comedy PORRIDGE, which stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale (Kate's father) as prison inmates. Lennie Godber (Beckinsale) is the new kid on the block, and, luckily, tough guy Norman Stanley "Fletch" Fletcher (Barker) is ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 4,686 members
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Richard Beckinsale facts

5 most recent films

Rising Damp - The Movie - 3.0 stars
Porridge - 3.5 stars
Going Straight - The Complete Series - 3.5 stars
Rising Damp - Series 1 To 4 - The Complete Works - 3.5 stars
Porridge - Series 3 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Porridge - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Porridge - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
Porridge - The Christmas Specials - 4.0 stars
Porridge - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
Porridge - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes - Series 2 - 1.5 stars
The Lovers - The Complete Series - 3.0 stars
Rising Damp - The Movie - 3.0 stars
Rising Damp - The Best Of - 3.5 stars
Going Straight - The Complete Series - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Don Warrington - 8 times - show films
Frances De La Tour - 8 times - show films
Leonard Rossiter - 8 times - show films
Ronnie Barker - 7 times - show films
Fulton MacKay - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ronnie Baxter - 6 times - show films
Ian MacNaughton - 5 times - show films
none - 4 times - show films
Les Chatfield - 3 times - show films
Vernon Lawrence - 3 times - show films

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