1974-1977

Porridge

How well do you know Fletcher's time inside HMP Slade? Test yourself on this prison classic.

Medium 15 questions

About this quiz

A Porridge quiz for viewers who know Fletcher's world reasonably well. It covers the prison itself and where it stands, the officers and inmates on his landing, the sentence he is serving and the judge's words in the opening titles. There are also questions and answers on how the show began as a one-off pilot, who wrote it and what came after his release.

15 multiple-choice questions, rated medium. Answer them all and you get your score, with every correct answer revealed at the end. Hosting a quiz night? The printable Porridge quiz has a question sheet for players and a separate answer sheet for the quizmaster.

Porridge (BBC One, 1974-1977), created by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Setting: HMP Slade, Cumberland.

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