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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 even more exciting, an escape .. Read more

Starring	Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton MacKay, Brian Wilde
Director	Dick Clement
Genres	Comedy

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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 even more exciting, an escape plan which Fletch wants no part of is developing.

Starring	Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton MacKay, Brian Wilde, Peter Vaughan, Julian Holloway, Geoffrey Bayldon, Daniel Peacock
Director	Dick Clement
Studio	ITV STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate
Genres	Comedy
Language	DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Released	Production year: 1979 To Rent: DVD: 14 Apr 2003

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- Genial expansion of a successful TV series to the big screen; alas, as usual the material is stretched to snapping point, and the welcome irony of the original becomes sentimentality. Still, the film is a valuable record of memorable characters.
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  excellent all round entertainment
  
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  You can't help but smile whenever you see anything starring the late, great master of comedy and one half of the 'Two Ronnies', Ronnie Barker ... read more »
  
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  Great fun
  
  Great stuff, a must-see for Porridge fans. Well written as you'd expect, highly enjoyable, some of the jokes are hilarious.
  
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  Excellent really enjoyed it, a good British classic film. If you liked the series then this is the thing for you.
  
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  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 ...