Men Without Women (Porridge) will be his final stretch, because nowadays, it's mostly kids in prison and Fletcher's the father figure. When Fletcher returns to Slade prison on Sunday evening, Barrowclough and Mackay discuss Fletcher's change in attitude. Mackay comments that Fletcher has learned that he cannot beat the system, but as he looks through the peephole on the door of Fletcher's cell, he sees Fletcher sticking the fingers at him. Fletcher achieved this by holding his paper, and then moving it to show the V-sign. Men Without Women (Porridge) "Men Without Women" is an episode of the BBC sitcom "Porridge". It first aired
Porridge (TV series) "Porridge", a slang term for prison; Barker, Clement and La Frenais actually came up with the same title independently of each other. In their research, Clement and La Frenais spoke to Jonathan Marshall, a former prisoner who had written a book, "How to Survive in the Nick", and he advised them about prison slang, dress and routines. Struggling to think up plots and humour for such a downbeat, confined environment, a particular phrase used by Marshall – "little victories" – struck a chord and convinced them to base the series on an inmate who made his daily life in prison