It’s been a while since Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais did time with Porridge. Even so, the prison-set sitcom they wrote for Ronnie Barker, which originally ran between 1974 and 1977, has never really escaped from public view.
A new theatre show proves there’s more to the era of classic TV sitcoms than nostalgia.
It’s been a while since Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais did time with Porridge. Even so, the prison-set sitcom they wrote for Ronnie Barker, which originally ran between 1974 and 1977, has never really escaped from public view.