TV tie-ins: Porridge

Norman Stanley Fletcher first appeared in an episode of Seven of One, a series of one-off comedies all featuring Ronnie Barker. Barker had an undeveloped idea for a show with a prison setting and himself as a Sergeant Bilko type of wheeler-dealer; writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais came up with a far more biting storyline in 'Prisoner and Escort' which aired in 1973 and had the lowest