Poetic Justice (Porridge) Poetic Justice (Porridge) "Poetic Justice" is an episode of the BBC sitcom Porridge. It aired on 25 February 1977. A new inmate arrives at Slade Prison. Fletcher is astounded that the inmate is the judge who sentenced him to Slade Prison. The episode opens with Godber and Harris carrying a metal folding bed into Fletcher’s cell. Predictably, Fletcher is not happy with the situation, but Mr Barrowclough tells him he has no choice due to the increase in crime and limited prison resources. One of the new arrivals is taken straight away to meet the Governor. It turns out the
Porridge (TV series) September 2009 to positive reviews. "Porridge" was immensely popular with British prisoners. Erwin James, an ex-prisoner who writes a bi-weekly column for "The Guardian" newspaper, stated that: He also noted: The script allowed the prisoners to swear without offending viewers by using the word "naff" in place of ruder words ("Naff off!", "Darn your own naffing socks", "Doing next to naff all"), thereby popularising a word that had been recorded at least as early as 1966. Ronnie Barker did not claim to have invented it and in a television interview in 2003 it was explained to him on camera what