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The following is a list of episodes for the British sitcom Porridge and sequel series, Going Straight, which aired on BBC 1 from 5 September 1974 to 25 March 1977 and 24 February to 7 April 1978 respectively. A further sequel series following the grandson of Fletcher, Porridge, aired in 2016 and 2017.

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  • List of Porridge episodes (en)
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  • The following is a list of episodes for the British sitcom Porridge and sequel series, Going Straight, which aired on BBC 1 from 5 September 1974 to 25 March 1977 and 24 February to 7 April 1978 respectively. A further sequel series following the grandson of Fletcher, Porridge, aired in 2016 and 2017. (en)
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  • The life of Norman Stanley Fletcher is detailed, with interviews with his family, friends and old cellmates (en)
  • Having acquired himself the right to run a radio station within Wakeley Prison, Fletcher soon finds it causing friction between himself and Lotterby due to his need to be up early to run his morning radio show. But he soon regrets his attitude towards his cellmate, when he finds him unconscious outside in the freezing cold weather. (en)
  • Concerned that Braithwaite is not suitable for guard duty, Meekie requests a replacement, who turns out to be his female equivalent in terms of her tough stance with the prisoners. Meanwhile, Parfitt instructs one of Fletcher's friends to accept a visit from one of his girls and take a gift from them, but a mix-up soon puts Fletcher into hot water with him. (en)
  • Fletcher has taken to helping his fellow inmates with appeals, letters home and the like, to earn a few things on the side. But things soon become complicated when he agrees to help a new prisoner maintain contact with his girlfriend, only for his own words and charm to earn their attention instead of their boyfriend's. (en)
  • After being caught and put on trial for hacking credit cards and committing other cyber crimes for personal gain, Nigel Norman Fletcher is sentenced to five years at Wakeley Prison. A few weeks after arriving, Fletcher finds himself sharing his cell with a new prisoner, Joe Lotterby, a senior criminal who knew his grandfather in the past. Meanwhile, Richie Weeks, a hardened criminal who runs an enterprise in the prison, requests that Fletcher use his IT skills to sanitise his record, to ensure his upcoming parole hearing goes without a hitch, though things do not go as smoothly as Fletcher hopes for. (en)
  • As a way of Richie Weeks thanking him for helping him get paroled, Fletcher finds himself receiving Parfitt's right-hand man Scudds as his personal minder. But he soon finds it being quite problematic having him around, especially when he has to get rid of a dead pigeon that has been used by another prisoner to smuggle in drugs. (en)
  • Learning that Rob Strange, a former rock star with possible suicidal tendencies due to depression, is set to arrive at Wakeley Prison to serve time for illegally making drugs, Fletcher finds himself tasked by Littlewood to keep an eye on him, in exchange for receiving something in return if he accepts. But it's not an easy task for him, especially when he has to rely on his ex-girlfriend to track down someone Strange sent away at his last gig. (en)
  • With Wakeley Prison set to receive a visit from a group of VIPs, seeking to see how well the prisoners are being treated, Fletcher finds himself being recruited to be an adviser for Parfitt's gang. He soon finds himself not liking the position, when his efforts to ensure Parfitt is rid of any illegal business he has in the prison winds up causing a fight during the VIP's visit, where he soon finds himself stuck in a cupboard with one of them, who happens to be the mother of the girl he was committing cyber crimes for. (en)
  • Set a year before the final episode of the TV series. (en)
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  • Dick Clement
  • Ian La Frenais
  • Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais (en)
  • Danny Robins, Dan Tetsell (en)
  • Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais (en)
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