Directed by Kim Flitcroft Original language(s) English Distributor Wall to Wall First episode date 29 December 2003 Narrated by Bill Nighy | Country of origin United Kingdom Running time 50 minutes Director Kim Flitcroft Network BBC Two Genre Mockumentary | |
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Starring Ronnie Barker
Patricia Brake
Peter Vaughan Cast Ronnie Barker, Peter Vaughan, Patricia Brake, Ray Lonnen Similar Porridge, The Man Outside, Margery and Gladys, Ready When You Are - Mr, Circle of Deceit | ||
Life beyond the box norman stanley fletcher
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher is a BBC Television comedy docudrama, first shown in 2003, that depicts the later life of Norman Stanley Fletcher, the main character in two earlier television series, Porridge and Going Straight.
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Synopsis
The film details Norman Stanley Fletcher's life over the 25 years since his release from Slade Prison. The majority of the programme features surviving members of the cast of the original series, in character, and Ronnie Barker appears as Fletcher only in the last few minutes
The absence of Fletcher's naïve young cellmate Godber, played by Richard Beckinsale who died in 1979, is explained in a scene in which Fletcher's daughter Ingrid receives a phone call from Godber to say that he is stuck in traffic and will not be able to appear in the "documentary".