The Best Episodes of Porridge Season 2
Every episode of Porridge Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Porridge Season 2!
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. "Doing porridge" is British slang for serving a prison sentence, porridge once being the traditional breakfast in UK prisons. The series was followed by a 1978 sequel, Going Straight, which established that Fletcher would not be going back to prison again. Porridge was voted number seven in a 2004 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British sitcoms.
Season 2 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Porridge" season 2 is "Just Desserts", rated 8.2/10 from 159 user votes. It was directed by Sydney Lotterby and written by Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement. "Just Desserts" aired on 10/24/1975 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Heartbreak Hotel".
8.2/10 159 votes#1 - Just Desserts
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/1975
There's an outbreak of petty pilfering from the inmates in Slade prison. Fletcher is disgusted - after all, stealing may be a job on the 'outside', but it's despicable when it happens 'inside'.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement
7.9/10 165 votes#2 - Heartbreak Hotel
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/1975
Godber gets bad news from his girlfriend. Fletcher tries to provide help and advice, but perhaps daughter Ingrid might provide a more suitable solution to Godber's problems
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement
8.3/10 161 votes#3 - Disturbing the Peace
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/7/1975
When Mr Mackay leaves Slade Prison, Fletcher thinks that "happy days are here again". Until, that is, he meets Mr Mackay's replacement.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement
8.2/10 155 votes#4 - No Peace For the Wicked
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/1975
It's Saturday afternoon and Fletcher looks forward to a quiet read. Everyone else seems to have other ideas about how Fletcher should be spending his time.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement
8.7/10 187 votes#5 - Happy Release
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/1975
Fletcher is having a spell in the prison hospital with a broken ankle. He's sharing a ward with old Blanco, who tells him that another inmate has swindled him out of his belongings in a crooked card game. Fletcher hatches a plan to recover Blanco's belongings and to take revenge on the culprit.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement
8.1/10 154 votes#6 - The Harder They Fall
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/1975
Godber takes up boxing and wins a place in the prison championship, so Fletcher sees a chance for a bit of a flutter. Then Harry Grout takes an interest and insists that the fight is 'fixed'. When one of Grout's rivals takes a similar interest in Godber's opponent, it looks as if nobody can win. Fletcher, however, has other ideas.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement