Porridge - Series 3 [1974]

The only problem for me is that watching it makes me painfully aware of the minimal amount of genuine English comedy we produce now.


the final stretch....   February 10, 2004
Aux (UK)
24 out of 26 found this review helpful

Series three of Porridge shows the end of Lenny Godber's stretch and while the comedy is a strong as ever...you can see the system grinding Fletch down to a certain extent.
There's nothing much to say that I haven't already written in my reviews of the first two series but this really is great comedy. While a lot of modern imported comedy dazzles you with quick switches between characters and locations with numerous plots intertwined (usually with a bewildering lack of coherence or success) this is thoughtful, paced comedy. Human nature will always be funny, and Porridge shows that wafer thin supermodels and obtrusive soundtracks do not comedy make...

This DVD has no special features to speak of but it is the timeless comedy sells this DVD and nothing more....


best comedy ever! Mr Ronnie Barker   October 1, 2003
Mr. David Bapty (Leeds England)
23 out of 25 found this review helpful

classic comedy,not always comedy,locked up in a cell is not funney,the irriplacible Norman Stanley Fletcher and the usual characters make for a magic formula,top class writing,what can i say but buy now,you will not regret it,i never get fed up of watching this


Comedy Masterpiece   August 1, 2003
17 out of 17 found this review helpful

All six episodes of the third series of one of the best British comdeys of all time. Why watch programmes like 'Friend's' or 'Will & Grace' when we have classics like this. My favourite episode on this packed DVD is 'A Storm In Tea Cup' where stolen pills end up in Fletchers tea cup it is just hilarious. You must buy this DVD to add to your collection or it will be empty.


Classic Comedy   August 20, 2005
A. Butler (Swansea, West Glam Wales)
12 out of 16 found this review helpful

Chris Clark is an idiot. How can anyone say that eating porridge is better than watching this CRAP. This series and all the other series if this fool had half a brain was written by Dick Clement & Ian La Franais (HELLO) Auf Wiedersehen Pet springs to mind.

The episodes in series 3 are well written and perfectly acted. Anything with Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Brian Wild Fulton Mackay is worth its weight in Gold, and not to be missed. So don't listen to a fool. Who most probably reckons Two Pints Of Lager and a Packet of Crisps is better. So take your head from out of your Arse and wipe the S#'t from your eyes!!