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1973 - 1977. 21 episodes (3 series) Ronnie Barker stars as Norman Stanley Fletcher, trying to keep his nose clean and guiding his young 'roomie' Godber, whilst residing in HMP Slade. Stars Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde, Michael Barrington and more. Series 2, Episode 1 repeated Saturday at 10pm on Yesterday.
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- Series 2
- Christmas Special
- Series 3
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New Faces, Old Hands
1. [voice-over on the credits of every episode] 2. Judge: Norman Stanley Fletcher, you have pleaded guilty to the charges brought by this court, and it is now my duty to pass sentence. You are an habitual criminal, who accepts arrest as an occupational hazard, and presumably accepts imprisonment in the same casual manner. We therefore feel constrained to commit you to the maximum term allowed for these offences: you will go to prison for five years. 1. Mackay: 12 o'clock, midday bang-up... [G...
The Hustler
1. [Fletcher is on the farm, feeding the pigs] 2. Fletch: You eat like pigs an' all! 1. Mackay: What have you got there, Fletcher? 2. Fletch: [sotto voce] Crown jewels. [out loud] Chicken feed! 3. Mackay: Empty it. 4. Fletch: It'll make a terrible mess, Mr Mackay! 5. Mackay: Empty it! 6. [Fletch empties the bag, which contains nothing but chicken feed] 7. Mackay: All right Fletcher, just don't let me catch you thieving! 8. Fletch: I won't, Mr Mackay. 9. Mackay: You won't what? 10. Fletch: I w...
A Night In
1. Fletch [to Godber]: We could go out, you know... yeah, I could phone up a couple of them dolly birds that dance on Top of the Pops. What are they called? Pan's People. There's one special one - beautiful Babs. Dunno what her name is. 1. Fletch: That's what you've got to tell yourself, you're just having a quiet night in. 2. Godber: Trouble is, I've got six hundred and ninety-eight quiet nights in to go. 1. Prison officer: [Fletch has just sat on Godber's needle] What's going on 'ere, then?...
Just Desserts
1. Fletcher: I've got something very serious to say. I don't know quite how to put this, gentlemen, but there is a thief among us. 2. Warren: There's nigh on 600 people in this prison, and I should think two-thirds of them are in for stealing something. 3. Fletcher: Oh yeah, that's stealing on the outside, innit, Warren, eh? That's stealing against civilians. That's just a way of life. It's a living, innit? That's ordinary skulduggery, that is. The crime I'm talking about has been perpetrated...
Heartbreak Hotel
1. [Fletch has a question for Mackay] 2. Fletch: 'Ol love-lorn Lenny here wants to know whether the BBC ever play prisoner requests. 3. Mackay: No. Oh no. The answer to that is no. On the grounds that it could cause embarrassment." 4. Godber: Embarrassment? 5. Mackay: To the prisoner's families. The families might've excused his absence by telling the neighbours that the felon in question was abroad, or working on a North Sea oil rig. 6. Godber: Oh. I see. 7. Mackay: No doubt your wife, Fletc...
Disturbing The Peace
1. Mr. Mackay: I think some of you wrongly assumed that I had left you for good. But, as you see, nothing could be further from the truth. Only... I am somewhat disturbed to hear what has been happening in my absence. So now... We're going to have a new regime here, based not on lenience and laxity but on discipline, hard work and blind, unquestioning obedience. Feet will not touch the floor. Lives will be made a misery. [At the door] I am back, and Iam in charge here. 2. [Mr. Mackay leaves,...
No Way Out
1. [The prisoners are singing the carol Good King Wenceslas: 2. Prisoners: Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the feast of Stephen. When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even. Brightly shone the moon that night, though the frost was cruel... 3. Mackay: [Entering]SILENCE! 4. Fletcher: [continuing maliciously]... When a Scotsman came in sight, hollerin' - 5. Mackay: That'll do, Fletcher. 1. [Fletcher is in hospital with a broken leg after falling through a false escape tunnel he was...
Poetic Justice
1. Fletch [to Rawley, the judge who sentenced him]: If I'd known you was crooked I could have slipped you a few bob!
Pardon Me
1. [Fletch and Blanco are playing Monopoly] 2. Fletch [draws a Chance card]: Would you Adam and Eve it? "Go to jail". 1. [Blanco is just about to leave the prison on a pardon] 2. Fletch: Here here, come here. [Blanco approaches]Listen, we all know that you didn't kill your old lady, see. Which means that some other bloke did. And you've paid the penance for it, right? But I don't want you going out there harbouring any thoughts of revenge, alright? 3. Blanco: No. I know 'im wot did it. It wer...
Final Stretch
1. Fletch [explaining his advice for prisoners to Mackay]: One: Bide your time. (raises index finger) Two: Keep your nose clean. (raises middle finger) And three: don't let the bastards grind you down. (Mackay turns around in shock to see Fletcher still has two fingers up)Oh, sorry (raises third finger).
Ronnie Barker - Norman Stanley FletcherFulton Mackay - Mr MackayRichard Beckinsale - Lennie GodberBrian Wilde - Mr BarrowcloughPorridgeat IMDb100 Greatest Sitcoms: PorridgePorridge: The Unofficial HomepageWilliam Fulton Beith Mackay OBE (12 August 1922 – 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and playwright, best known for his role as prison officer Mr. Mackay in the 1970s television sitcom Porridge.
One of the episodes was "Prisoner and Escort", written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais about a newly sentenced habitual criminal, Norman Stanley Fletcher (Barker), being escorted to prison by two warders: the timid Barrowclough (Brian Wilde) and the stern Mackay (Fulton Mackay).
Poetic Justice: Directed by Sydney Lotterby. With Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay, Richard Beckinsale. Fletch and Godber get a new cell-mate and Fletch is shocked to find it is elderly Judge Rawley, the man who handed him his five year sentence, now convicted of corruption.
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- Comedy, Crime
- Sydney Lotterby
- 1977-02-25
Mar 12, 2024 · A name synonymous with the authoritarian yet comically rigid prison officer in Porridge, Fulton Mackay won his way into the hearts of the British public by balancing his exceptional humour with a commanding presence, earning him a place in the pantheon of great character actors.
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He was an actor and writer, best known for his portrayal of authoritarian prison warder Mr Mackay in one of the BBC's most popular sitcoms, Porridge (1974), as well as appearing in Local Hero (1983), Defense of the Realm (1985) and Doing Time (1979). He was married to Sheila Manahan.
