Just Desserts (Porridge) Just Desserts (Porridge) "Just Desserts" is the first episode of series 2 of the BBC sitcom "Porridge". It first aired on 24 October 1975. In this episode, Fletcher discovers his tin of pineapples has been stolen, and Godber decides to steal another tin for him. One morning, Fletcher has some rather shocking news for his fellow inmates - that there is a thief among them. This comes as no surprise, as there are 600 men in Slade Prison, and two-thirds are in for stealing something. Fletcher means there is a thief on the inside, as his tin of pineapple chunks
Porridge (TV series) more bearable by beating the system, even in trivial ways. The BBC was forced to look around for locations because the Home Office refused permission for any production filming inside or outside a real prison. Instead the main gatehouse of the disused St Albans Prison (in the town's Victoria Street) was used in the opening credits. Exteriors were first filmed at a psychiatric hospital near Watford. However, after the completion of the second series, the hospital withdrew permission for more filming following complaints from patients' families. Another institution near Ealing was then used for the third series. Scenes within cells