Bernard Ives, or 'Horrible' Ives, as he is known by prisoners and wardens alike, was a character in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge. Ives was serving time in Slade for committing fraud. He was played by Ken Jones

Ken Jones (actor)

Ken Jones is an English actor. Jones was born in Liverpool, England and after working as a signwriter and amateur acting, he trained at RADA and joined Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop...

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Ives is a creep, a cheat

Cheat

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 and a snitch

Informant

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, universally loathed (and indeed victimised) by the other residents of Slade Prison. He originated from Liverpool

Liverpool

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. Almost all his spoken sentences begin with the words "'ere listen".

Fletcher

Norman Stanley Fletcher

Norman Stanley "Fletch" Fletcher is the main character in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge, and the less-successful spin-off, Going Straight...

 once commented 'Ives is such a loser that if Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE was a British-American actress. From her early years as a child star with MGM, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age...

 had triplets, he'd have been the one in the middle, on the bottle'.

Ives is interviewed in the 2003 mockumentary

Mockumentary

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 Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher is a 2003 BBC Television comedy docudrama telling the life of Norman Stanley Fletcher from Porridge and Going Straight.-Synopsis:...

. While most of the ex-prisoners interviewed are shown to have gone straight, Ives is shown collecting for a fake charity.