Porridge (film)

Porridge is a film released in 1979 and based on the television series Porridge. It was released under the title Doing Time in the United States. All the warders and inmates from the original series appear in the film, with the notable exceptions of Lukewarm, Heslop and Harris. There is also a different governor, played by Geoffrey Bayldon.

When new prison officer Beale Christopher Godwin suggests that Slade Prison set up an inmates versus celebrities football match, Fletcher Ronnie Barker becomes the prison teams manager. The match proves the ideal situation for newly arrived violent armed robber Oakes Barrie Rutter to escape. The escape is arranged by Grouty Peter Vaughan, the prisons Mr. Big, who forces Fletcher to put Oakes in the prison team.The celebrity team arrive in a coach and during the match Oakes feigns an injury and is taken to the changing rooms where he meets an accomplice, the driver of the coach. They then exchange clothes and Oakes ties the coach driver up. Shortly after Godber Richard Beckinsale is concussed and Fletch takes him to the changing rooms. Oakes forces Fletcher abd Godber into the coachs luggage compartment at gunpoint and drives out of the prison on the pretext of topping up the fuel. ........

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