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)

Contents 1 Deleted information 2 Banyard 3 Porridge 4 Real Prison Location 5 McLaren 6 Location of Slade 7 Contribution: Naff 8 "you know what i mean" 9 St. Bernard's Hospital 10 Fair use rationale for Image:Mrmackay.PNG

[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)

I don't know if certain scenes were filmed in St Albans but as far as I am aware Chelmsford prison was used mostly due it being refurbished following a fire, however this may have only been for the final series or the film. http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/360/prison.shtml Angryafghan 00:05, 10 February 2007 (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)

[edit] Contribution: Naff

This needs attention - the article is presently completely contradictory on the subject and overflows into a section it ought not to.

[edit] "you know what i mean"

does anyone know how many times ronnie barker uses that sentence thoughout the 3 series —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.24.175.199 (talk) 12:37, 12 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] St. Bernard's Hospital

Many years ago a psychiatric nurse at St. Bernard's Hospital, Southall, in West London, mentioned in passing that some bits of Porridge was sometimes filmed there because it looked like a prison. Does anybody know of a good solid reference to this particular location, so that I can use in the article on said Hospital. Thanks. --Aspro 08:07, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

There seem to be several references to filming taking place outside psychiatric hospitals in London, but none are named. Andymarczak 09:12, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Andymarczak. I'm hoping for someone (maybe a BBC employee with access to the film library index), to narrow it down to the episode(s)). Also, it contained inside footage. It makes logistical sense to have kept using St. Bernard's because of the proximity to the many local BBC facilities (and especially all the Pub's and restaurants) in the borough of Ealing. --Aspro 11:23, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:14, 2 January 2008 (UTC)