Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais Remember - Porridge
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais Remember - Porridge
Writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais look back on their classic prison-based sitcom, explaining its origins and how they nearly wrote a series about a gambling mad Welsh family instead. They talk about the magical chemistry of the cast and of the particularly close bond between Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale. The pair also divulge the tricks they used to get round the obligatory bad language in prison
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais Remember - Porridge airs on BBC Four at 8:00 PM, Tuesday 24 December. (Subtitles, new.)
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Arts ➝ Culture (without music)
Dick Clement
Contributor
Ian La Frenais
Contributor
Simon Goretzki
Series Producer
Andrew Wiltshire
Producer