Slade Prison News Today

No Peace for the Wicked (Season 2 Episode 4 of 8): Fletcher yearns for peace and quiet. Porridge airs on GOLD at 10:40 AM, Friday 31 May. Fletcher yearns for peace and quiet

The Hustler (Season 1 Episode 2 of 7): Betting fever sweeps the prison. Porridge airs on GOLD at 10:40 AM, Tuesday 21 May. Betting fever sweeps the prison

The Hustler (Season 1 Episode 2 of 7): Betting fever sweeps the prison. Porridge airs on GOLD at 10:00 AM, Friday 29 March. Betting fever sweeps the prison

No Peace for the Wicked (Season 2 Episode 4 of 8): Fletcher yearns for peace and quiet. Porridge airs on GOLD at 8:00 AM, Saturday 10 February. Fletcher yearns for peace and quiet

No Peace for the Wicked (Season 2 Episode 4 of 8): Fletcher yearns for peace and quiet. Porridge airs on GOLD at 9:40 AM, Friday 9 February. Fletcher yearns for peace and quiet

The Hustler (Season 1 Episode 2 of 7): Betting fever sweeps the prison. Porridge airs on GOLD at 10:00 AM, Tuesday 30 January. Betting fever sweeps the prison

No Way Out (Season 2 Episode 7 of 8): Christmas special from 1975. The inmates plan a Christmas escape. Porridge airs on GOLD at 1:45 PM, Sunday 24 December. Christmas special from 1975. The inmates plan a Christmas escape

Final Stretch (Season 3 Episode 6 of 6): Godber gets into a fight. Porridge airs on Yesterday at 1:00 AM, Tuesday 5 March. Godber gets into a fight

Having been instrumental in reforming young Godber, Fletcher is seen as the perfect antidote to radicalism and the lack of good comedies on BBC1. Although himself an habitual criminal, who accepts arrest as an occupational hazard, Fletcher is strictly non-religious and is opposed to any forms of intimidation, specifically in the form of genial Harry Grout. Justice Secretary Liz Truss said the newly created Slade Prison will house a plethora of wise-cracking petty criminals, designed to have

The BBC is celebrating 100 years of educating, informing and entertaining the nation this week with a special series of programmes.