1. PREMIERED 1973

    Porridge

    BBC One, from 1973

1973

PORRIDGE

PROGRAM INFO

  1. ABOUT
    British 1970s TV sitcom
  2. PREMIERED
    April 1, 197353 years ago
  3. NETWORKS
    BBC One, British Broadcasting Corporation
  4. COUNTRY
    United Kingdom
  5. LANGUAGE
    English
  6. SEASONS
    3
  7. EPISODES
    21
  8. GENRE
    Sitcom
  9. CREATED BY
    Dick Clement
  10. STARRING
    Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde, Sam Kelly, Tony Osoba, Michael Barrington, Christopher Biggins, David Jason
  11. ANNIVERSARY
    Turns 54 on April 1, 2027, in 149 days
  12. SOURCES
    Wikipedia, Wikidata

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