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 (film) Porridge (film) Porridge is a 1979 film based on the television series "Porridge". It was released under the title Doing Time in the United States. Most of the warders and inmates from the original series appear in the film, with the notable exceptions of Lukewarm, Blanco, Heslop and Harris. There is also a different governor, played by Geoffrey Bayldon rather than series regular Michael Barrington. The film, set a year before the final episode of the TV series, includes one of the last appearances by Richard Beckinsale, the actor who played Godber. He died in March 1979, a few weeks