Porridge (TV series) Porridge (TV series) Porridge is a British sitcom, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and broadcast on BBC One from 1974 to 1977. The programme ran for three series, and included two Christmas specials and a feature film of the same name (in the United States, the film was released under the title "Doing Time"). The sitcom focuses on two prison inmates, Norman Fletcher (played by Barker) and Lennie Godber (played by Beckinsale), who are serving time at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. The show's title is a reference to both
Buried (TV series) of 10:35 pm. A Channel 4 spokesperson said: "It's a good piece of drama, but the audiences haven't been as good as the critical response". In 2016, the complete series was released as a box-set on All4 and is available to watch on demand. Buried was released on DVD in 2018 by Simply Media. Buried (TV series) Buried is a British television prison drama, produced by World Productions for Channel 4 and originally broadcast between 14 January and 4 March 2003. The eight-part series starred Lennie James, Stephen Walters, Jane Hazlegrove, and Neil Bell in key roles. The lives of