Porridge (2016 TV series)

Porridge
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Dick Clement Ian La Frenais
Written by	Dick Clement Ian Le Frenais
Directed by	Dominic Brigstocke
Starring	Kevin Bishop Dave Hill Mark Bonnar Dominic Coleman
Composer	Max Harris
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Tarquin Gotch Steven Canny
Producer	Richard Webb
Production location	Dock10[1]
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	28 minutes
Production company	BBC Studios
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	28 August 2016 (2016-08-28) – 10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)
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Porridge is a British television sitcom, starring Kevin Bishop, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and broadcast on BBC One. The show is a sequel to the original 1974 series of the same name, which both Clement and La Frenais wrote. The sitcom focuses on prison inmate Nigel Norman Fletcher (Kevin Bishop), the grandson of Norman Stanley Fletcher, who is sent to Wakeley Prison to serve a five-year sentence for cyber crimes.

Initially produced as a one-off special as part of the BBC's Landmark Sitcom Season in 2016, a full series followed the following year with the first episode broadcast on 6 October 2017.