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Richard Beckinsale


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Richard Beckinsale - what members say


  • Porridge - Series 1
  • Porridge - Series 1 review by A customer from Arnold, Nottingham
    Rated - 5 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...  
  • Rising Damp - Series 1 To 4 - The Complete Works
  • Rising Damp - Series 1 To 4 - The Complete Works review by A customer from Norfolk
    Rated - 5 stars Great Series - Great Cast 5 January 2006
    ...world. Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter) a modern day Scrooge is the landlord, Alan (Richard Beckinsale), Miss Jones (Frances de la Tour) and Philip (Don Warrington) are his ever-suff...  
  • Porridge - The Christmas Specials
  • Porridge - The Christmas Specials review by from Lancashire, England
    Rated - 5 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...  

Richard Beckinsale - filmography


  • 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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 2,205 members
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  • 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 »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 4,439 members
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  • 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 »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 3,879 members
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Richard Beckinsale - watch online


  • Rentadick to Watch Now (1972)
    Starring: James Booth,  Richard Briers,  Julie Ege
    Director: Jim Clark
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 90 minutes
    A nerve gas that paralyzes people from the waste down is stolen, it's down to the boys from Rentadick, Inc. to recover it before it's too late. This private-eye parody is co-written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman, of 'Monty Python' fame.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1 member
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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
Porridge - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
Rising Damp - Series 1 To 4 - The Complete Works - 3.5 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

Rising Damp - The Movie - 3.0 stars
Lovers, The - The Complete Series - 3.0 stars
Rising Damp - The Best Of - 3.5 stars
Going Straight - The Complete Series - 3.5 stars
Rising Damp - Series 1 To 4 - The Complete Works - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

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

Most frequent directors

none - 4 times - show films
Vernon Lawrence - 3 times - show films
Dick Clement - 2 times - show films
Ian MacNaughton - 2 times - show films
Ronnie Baxter - 2 times - show films