Worst & Best Porridge Episodes
Title: Porridge
Genre: UK Sitcom
Series: 3
Episodes: 20
First Transmission: 1974-1977
Fletcher is serving a five-year sentence and is determined not to be ground down by the system.
Episode Rankings
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Notes
*The Standard Deviation (SD) of the ratings is a measure of how much spread there is in the numbers. The median represents the middle value of the ratings
SD for Porridge = 0.23
Average Rating for Porridge = 8.29
Median value of the ratings = 8.3
The top-rated episode differs from the mean-rated episode by 2.25 standard deviations.
The bottom-rated episode differs from the mean-rated episode by 2.12 standard deviations.
Top-Rated Episodes:
#10 Happy Release (1975)
#13 No Way Out (1975)
Bottom-Rated Episodes:
#2 The Hustler (1974)
#5 Ways and Means (1974)
Best Episode #10
Happy Release – Fletch is in the prison hospital, where an unpleasant con called Norris, shortly to be released, has won the possessions of an elderly prisoner, Blanco. Fletch comes to Blanco’s rescue by hatching a plan involving a supposed treasure map. (1975)
Episode characteristics & General Consensus:
This episode features Fletch out of his cell and in a hospital bed next to Blanco (played by David Jason.) The great chemistry between the two is a great highlight. A well-plotted instalment with a great ending.
Worst Episode #5
Ways and Means – As a punishment, Fletch has to sew fishing nets with an aggressive prisoner. Fletch has a plan to talk down the prisoner from a roof-top protest after attempts by others fail. The plan works, but not quite in the way Fletch hoped. (1974)
Episode characteristics & General Consensus:
No Godber (Richard Beckinsale) in this episode, and is perhaps the reason why it is the least popular.