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DavidinSouthampton

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Jan 3, 2012
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Jason Watkins is a brilliant actor, check out The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, simply amazing in that.

I don't remember watching much of the original AYBS, but from what I've seen it was a decent enough homage. A good choice of actors to play the roles too.

I was fearful that Porridge would try and recreate the Ronnie Barker Fletch character which would have failed before it had even started. It wasn't too bad overall, a lot better than I was expecting.

I was going to post something about the Christopher Jefferies thing. Quality drama with him as the undoubted star.
 






Fungus

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Just watched both. Won't be doing that again!
 




joeinbrighton

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Nov 20, 2012
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I enjoyed both. Both provided some laughs. Guy who played Fletch did a really good job.


Kevin Bishop. He seems to have found a niche playing Cockney wideboys, as he was excellent playing Barry Hearn in the Rack Pack earlier in the year.

I thought Porridge was OK. It had some cheap laughs, although I felt the script was a bit too cliched. The Scottish prison officer just seemed to be a blatant copy of MacKay. The guy who played Finchy in The Office played a decent part as the bruiser, but otherwise I wasn't too enamoured by the support cast.
 




dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013
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Kevin Bishop. He seems to have found a niche playing Cockney wideboys, as he was excellent playing Barry Hearn in the Rack Pack earlier in the year.

I thought Porridge was OK. It had some cheap laughs, although I felt the script was a bit too cliched. The Scottish prison officer just seemed to be a blatant copy of MacKay. The guy who played Finchy in The Office played a decent part as the bruiser, but otherwise I wasn't too enamoured by the support cast.
Thought the Barraclough equivalent was well casted/acted.
 


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