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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
8pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR
From 1978, Ep 6 (of 6) of the #Comedy 📺 #GoingStraight - "Going off the Rails" directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais
🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #PatriciaBrake #AlfredLynch #RoystonTickner #NicholasLyndhurst
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
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8pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR
From 1978, Ep 4 (of 6) of the #Comedy 📺 #GoingStraight - "Going to Work" directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais
🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #PatriciaBrake #DavidSwift #RowenaCooper #ElizabethCassidy #StephenTate
8pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR
From 1978, Ep 3 (of 6) of the #Comedy 📺 #GoingStraight - "Going Sour" directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais
🌟 #RonnieBarker #PatriciaBrake #RobertaTovey #FreddieEarlle #RonPember #DaveHill #NicholasLyndhurst
Forty years ago today in London cinemas, they were all up to their necks in it… #Water #1980s #film #films #comedy #DickClement #MichaelCaine #ValeriePerrine #BillyConnolly #LeonardRossiter #BrendaVaccaro
8pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR
From 1978, Ep 1 (of 6) of the #Comedy 📺 #GoingStraight - "Going Home" directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais
🌟 #RonnieBarker #FultonMackay #TimothBateson #NormanJones #MichaelTurner www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
6:05pm TODAY on @bbctwo.bsky.social
The 1979 #Comedy film🎥 “Porridge” directed by #DickClement from a screenplay co-written with #IanLaFrenais
🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #FultonMackay #BrianWilde #PeterVaughan #SamKelly #BarrieRutter #DanielPeacock #ChristopherGodwin
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
8pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR
From 1977, s3 Ep 5 of #SitCom📺 #Porridge “A Test of Character” directed by #SydneyLotterby & written by #DickClement + #IanLaFrenais
🌟 #RonnieBarker #RichardBeckinsale #BrianWilde #FultonMackay #AlunArmstrong #SamKelly #TonyOsoba
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
8pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR
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 at a landmark British comedy.
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
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
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
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
