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Porridge Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 1976 - 1977
Episode 0
The Desperate Hours
43 mins
Fletch and Godber go before the governor for brewing Christmas hooch but the governor has to excuse himself with the runs. His new 'trusty' redband Urwin then pulls a gun, taking Barraclough, Fletch, Godber and the governor's secretary Mrs. Jamieson - who, it is revealed, is having an affair with Barraclough - hostage, though the radio report claims that Fletch and Godber are part of the desperate trio wanting a helicopter to fly them to Mexico. After he has accidentally taken the knock-out drops Barraclough intended for Urwin, Fletch comes to and disarms his captor, talking him into giving himself up. Back in the cell Barraclough tells Fletch that the matter of the hooch will be dropped because of his heroism but Fletch now has something to hold over the screw - Mrs. Jamieson.
Episode 1
A Storm in a Teacup
28 mins
Oily convict Harris has stolen some pills but he drops them and they land in Fletch's tea. There's big trouble from Grouty if the pills aren't replaced and, though Barraclough can provide some, they're the wrong size. Eventually replacements are found but in the mean time Fletch ends up swallowing the ones in his tea and learning that they are to cure the governor's dog's bad breath.
Episode 2
Poetic Justice
29 mins
Fletch and Godber get a new cell-mate and Fletch is shocked to find it is elderly Judge Rawley, the man who handed him his five year sentence, now convicted of corruption. Though disappointed that Rawley has no dirt to dish on the governor, a friend, Fletch is protective towards him when the other prisoners decry Rawley's privileges. He also tells Rawley that if he had known he was bent he would have offered him a bribe.
Episode 3
Rough Justice
28 mins
When Rawley's watch is stolen the prime suspect is oily toe-rag Harris and so a kangaroo court is set up, presided over by the judge, with Fletch prosecuting and Warren acting as the defending counsel. Without any evidence, Harris is found not guilty, though he then admits to having the watch and relinquishes it. Rawley's appeal against conviction has been successful and he leaves the prison, giving Fletch the watch as a present for being his protector. Unfortunately Harris has taken its workings out.
Episode 4
Pardon Me
30 mins
Blanco is due to be granted his parole, but when Fletch hears Blanco claim that he was innocent of his wife's murder all along and that her lover killed her, he believes the old man should have a free pardon instead and organizes a petition, forging Mr. Barraclough's signature to add to the list. Eventually, after threats of hunger strikes, the free pardon is granted. However, when Fletch asks what happened to the wife's lover, Blanco replies that he killed him years ago.
Episode 5
A Test of Character
30 mins
Godber is doing his history O Level exam and Fletch means to help him pass by getting Warren to steal the test paper for him, which he does. However, Godber prefers to pass on his own merits and refuses to accept it. Warren spies on him and sees him peep at the paper so that, when Godber finishes the exam and claims to be happy that pass or fail, it will have been all his own work, his two friends are outraged. Godber admits to looking at the paper but denies it helped him, explaining that Warren, who is dyslexic, brought him the biology paper.
Episode 6
Final Stretch
29 mins
Godber is granted his parole and looks forward to dating Fletch's daughter though Fletch is not so sure. However the parole is jeopardized due to an aggressive convict,Jarvis,who wants to pick a fight with Godber,so Fletch arranges for Jarvis to get in a fight with some other cons and end up in the cooler before he can fight Godber,whose parole goes ahead. Fletch settles down to chat with Mr. MacKay,to whom he is about to tell three things,spelled out on his fingers but he stops at the second,giving the screw a secret V-sign.
