Talk:Porridge (TV series)

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Nerk a genuine neologism? What about the Goons' use of the name "Fred Nurk"? Andy G 21:58, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

1 Deleted information
2 Banyard
3 Porridge
4 Real Prison Location
5 McLaren
6 Location of Slade
7 Contribution: Naff

[edit] Deleted information

I didn't think that bit about Beckinsdale dying after the making of the film really belonged in the cast list. Especially seeoing as how whoever put it there put it right next to a link that held said information. --Crestville 21:34, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Banyard

Mr Banyard isn't a one-off: he appears early in Just Desserts when Fletcher breaks the news that his tin of chunks has gone missing. Ives also raises the issue of his having inappropriately used laughing gas in that episode.

[edit] Porridge

I could be wrong, but I thought "porridge" meant specifically five years prison... JW 23:24, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

I heard porridge was from stir... stir the porridge (get it?) Don't know if this is true. Asa01 01:38, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

I thought it was a description of the prison diet, SqueakBox 01:48, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Real Prison Location

was it St Albans or Maidstone? Andymarczak 14:01, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] McLaren

Did he have a first name? I seriously don't recall him being named anything other than McLaren... Thehalford 05:21, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

He was nicknamed Jock. Bentley Banana 10:24, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

This could of course simply refer to him being Scottish. --Bonalaw 11:15, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

It's also covered in Life Beyond The Box Andymarczak 10:53, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Location of Slade

Is it ever stated in the series that Slade is in Cumberland? By the time the first episode was transmitted it had become Cumbria. Timrollpickering 11:42, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I think they say in the prisoner and escort where it is.--Crestville 12:28, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Mackay in New Faces, Old Hands says to Heslop, "We're in Cumberland man, Cumberland! A wild windswept fell north of the penigns..." So yes, Slade is referred to as being in Cumberland. :) Thehalford 02:51, 8 July 2006 (UTC)