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drmaurice.bsky.social
As the great comedy writer #IanLaFrenais is today celebrating his 88th birthday, instead of a #forgottensitcom let’s all enjoy the best UK comedy series of all time, #Porridge.
January 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
davidhyman.bsky.social
Forty-seven years ago today in West End cinemas, Fletcher’s inside story was even funnier as a film… #Porridge #1970s #film #films #DickClement #IanLaFrenais #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #FultonMackay #BrianWilde #PeterVaughn #comedy
August 10, 2026 at 9:21 AM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
8:30pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR

From 1975, s2 Ep 7 of #SitCom📺 #Porridge - “No Way Out” directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #PeterVaughan #GrahamCrowden #SamKelly
#ChristopherBiggins #CarolHawkins#ElisabethDay
December 24, 2024 at 8:39 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
10pm TODAY on @BBCTwo 👉joint #TVFilmOfTheDay

The 1991 #Musical #Comedy #Drama film🎥 “The Commitments” directed by #AlanParker from a screenplay by #DickClement #IanLaFrenais & #RoddyDoyle

Based on #RoddyDoyle’s 1987 novel📖

🌟 #RobertArkins #MichaelAherne #AngelineBall
July 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
9pm to 11pm TODAY on #Yesterday

From 1975, the last 3 episodes of s2 of #BBC #SitCom📺 #Porridge directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #KenJones #SamKelly #TonyOsoba #PeterVaughan
June 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
11am to 1pm TODAY on #Yesterday

From 1974, the first 3 Episodes of s1 of #Comedy📺 #Porridge directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #RichardBeckinsale #BrianGlover
March 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
writerspractice.bsky.social
Great to hear the 40th anniversary of #AufWiedersehenPet being marked by
@BBCr4today
this morning. Who wrote this landmark 80s TV series? #DickClement #IanLaFrenais If you want to find out more about this legendary screenwriting duo, check out #MoreThanLikely
@orionbooks
November 20, 2023 at 11:01 AM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
8pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR

From 1977, s3 Ep 3 of #SitCom📺 #Porridge “Rough Justice” directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #MauriceDenham #RonaldLacey #SamKelly #TonyOsoba #MichaelBarrington
December 3, 2024 at 7:25 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
8pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR

From 1977, s3 Ep 2 of #SitCom📺 #Porridge “Poetic Justice” directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #MauriceDenham #RonaldLacey #SamKelly #TonyOsoba #MichaelBarrington
November 19, 2024 at 7:44 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
10pm TODAY on @BBCTwo

👉 joint #TVFilmOfTheDay

The 1991 #Musical #Comedy #Drama film🎥 “The Commitments” directed by #AlanParker from a screenplay by #DickClement #IanLaFrenais & #RoddyDoyle

Based on #RoddyDoyle’s 1987 novel📖

🌟 #RobertArkins #MichaelAherne #AngelineBall
May 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
9:55pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

The 1971 #Crime #Thriller film🎥 “Villain” directed by #MichaelTuchner from a screenplay by #DickClement #IanLaFrenais & #AlLettieri

Based on #JamesBarlow’s 1968 novel📖 “The Burden of Proof”

🌟 #RichardBurton #IanMcShane #NigelDavenport #DonaldSinden
January 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
davidhyman.bsky.social
Forty-one years ago today in London cinemas, they were all up to their necks in it… #Water #1980s #film #films #DickClement #IanLaFrenais #MichaelCaine #ValeriePerrine #BillyConnolly #LeonardRossiter #BrendaVaccaro #comedy
February 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
davidhyman.bsky.social
Fifty-four years ago today at the ABC Shaftesbury Avenue, Burton was the Villain... #MichaelTuchner #Villain #1970s #film #films #RichardBurton #IanMcShane #FionaLewis #NigelDavenport #JamesBarow #DickClement #IanLaFrenais #AlLettieri #TheBurdenOfProof #crime #gangster
August 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
8pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR

From 1977, s3 Ep 4 of #SitCom📺 #Porridge “Pardon Me” directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #DavidJason #SamKelly #ChristopherBiggins #MichaelBarrington
December 10, 2024 at 7:24 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
9pm to 11pm TODAY on #Yesterday

From 1977, the first 3 episodes of s3 of #BBC #SitCom📺 #Porridge directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #PeterVaughan #RonaldLacey #MauriceDenham #SamKelly #TonyOsoba
June 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
8pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR

The 1976 Christmas Special of 📺 #Porridge - “The Desperate Hours” directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #FultonMackay #BrianWilde #MichaelBarrington #DudleySutton #SamKelly #TonyOsoba #KenWynne #MichaelRedfern
December 17, 2024 at 8:10 PM
backthebbc.bsky.social
On now - Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais Remember... Porridge

Fifty years on from when the prison doors first slammed shut on Norman Stanley Fletcher, DickClement and #IanLaFrenais look back
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais Remember... Porridge
Writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais look back on their classic prison-based sitcom.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2024 at 8:14 PM
davidhyman.bsky.social
Forty-six years ago today in West End cinemas, Fletcher’s inside story was even funnier as a film… #Porridge #1970s #film #films #conedy #DickClement #IanLaFrenais #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #FultonMackay
August 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
10:50pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

The 1971 #Crime #Thriller film🎥 “Villain” directed by #MichaelTuchner from a screenplay by #DickClement #IanLaFrenais & #AlLettieri

Based on #JamesBarlow’s 1968 novel📖 “The Burden of Proof”

🌟 #RichardBurton #IanMcShane #NigelDavenport #DonaldSinden
September 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
11:30am to 1:30pm TODAY on #Yesterday

From 1977, the last 3 episodes of s3 of #BBC #SitCom📺 #Porridge directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #PeterVaughan #AlunArmstrong #SamKelly #TonyOsoba #DavidJason
July 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
9pm to 11pm TODAY on #Yesterday

From 1977, the last 3 episodes of s3 of #BBC #SitCom📺 #Porridge directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #PeterVaughan #AlunArmstrong #SamKelly #TonyOsoba #DavidJason
July 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
11am to 1pm TODAY on #Yesterday

From 1975, the last 3 episodes of s2 of #BBC #SitCom📺 #Porridge directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #DavidJason #SamKelly #TonyOsoba #PeterVaughan #CyrilShaps
June 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
5pm to 7pm TODAY on #Yesterday

From 1975, the first 3 episodes of s2 of #BBC #SitCom📺 #Porridge directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #KenJones #SamKelly #PatriciaBrake #TonyOsoba #ChristopherBiggins
June 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
9pm to 11pm TODAY on #Yesterday

From 1974, the last 3 episodes of s1 of #Comedy📺 #Porridge directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #RichardBeckinsale #BrianGlover
June 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
2pm to 4pm TODAY on #Yesterday

From 1974, the last 3 episodes of s1 of #Comedy📺 #Porridge directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais

🌟 #RonnieBarker #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #RichardBeckinsale #BrianGlover
March 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM