Disturbing the Peace (Porridge) Disturbing the Peace (Porridge) "Disturbing the Peace" is an episode of the BBC sitcom "Porridge". It first aired on 7 November 1975. In this episode, Mr Mackay leaves Slade Prison to go on a course. The rest of the prison rejoices, until they realise Mackay's replacement is Mr. Wainwright who Fletcher remembers from Brixton. Fletch realises that Wainwright is a threat, but this does not stop the prisoners teaching the ill-mannered warden a lesson he’ll never forget... The episode opens in the library where Fletcher is working. Fletcher asks Barrowclough to sign the order form for new books, but Barrowclough
Porridge (TV series) is referred to in Birds of a Feather when the main protagonists' husbands are imprisoned there after reoffending in Series 7). The interior shots of doors being locked were filmed in Shepherds Bush Police Station - the BBC had a good relationship with officers there. In the episode "Pardon Me" Fletcher speaks to Blanco (David Jason) in the prison gardens: this was filmed in the grounds of an old brewery outside Baldock on the A505 to Royston. The barred windows approximated a prison. The building has since been demolished. The 1974 episode "A Day Out", which features a prison work