Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Encyclopedia
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
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featuring in the last few minutes as Fletch.
The absence of Fletch's naïve young cellmate Godber, originally played by Richard Beckinsale
who died in 1979, was explained in a scene where Fletch's daughter Ingrid receives a phone call from him to say that he is stuck in traffic and will not be able to appear in the BBC "documentary".
BBC Television
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comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
docudrama
Docudrama
In film, television programming and staged theatre, docudrama is a documentary-style genre that features dramatized re-enactments of actual historical events. As a neologism, the term is often confused with docufiction....
telling the life of Norman Stanley 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...
from Porridge and Going Straight
Going Straight
Going Straight is a BBC sitcom which was a direct spin-off from Porridge, starring Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher, newly released from the fictional Slade Prison where the earlier series had been set....
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Synopsis
The film details how Norman Stanley Fletcher's life had panned out in the 25 years since his release from Slade Prison. The majority of the programme featured the surviving cast members, in character, with Ronnie BarkerRonnie Barker
Ronald William George "Ronnie" Barker, OBE was a British actor, comedian, writer, critic, broadcaster and businessman...
featuring in the last few minutes as Fletch.
The absence of Fletch's naïve young cellmate Godber, originally played by Richard Beckinsale
Richard Beckinsale
Richard Arthur Beckinsale was an English actor, best known for his roles as Lennie Godber in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge and Alan Moore in the British sitcom Rising Damp....
who died in 1979, was explained in a scene where Fletch's daughter Ingrid receives a phone call from him to say that he is stuck in traffic and will not be able to appear in the BBC "documentary".
Cast
- Ronnie BarkerRonnie BarkerRonald William George "Ronnie" Barker, OBE was a British actor, comedian, writer, critic, broadcaster and businessman...
as Norman Stanley FletcherNorman Stanley FletcherNorman Stanley "Fletch" Fletcher is the main character in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge, and the less-successful spin-off, Going Straight... - Patricia BrakePatricia BrakePatricia Ann Brake is an English actress.Her first prominent television role was as Julie Pinfield in The Ugliest Girl in Town , a short-lived sitcom made for the American ABC network...
as Ingrid GodberIngrid FletcherIngrid Rita Godber was a character in the BBC sitcom Porridge, played by Patricia Brake.Ingrid is Fletch's eldest child . She often visited her father in Slade Prison, oblivious to her appeal to the other inmates, much to her father's despair. It was on one of these trips that she met Fletch's... - Peter VaughanPeter VaughanPeter Vaughan is an English character actor, known for many supporting roles in a variety of British film and television productions. He has worked extensively on the stage, becoming known for roles such as police inspectors, Soviet agents and similar parts...
as 'Genial' Harry GroutHarry GroutGenial' Harry Grout, or Grouty, as he is often referred to, was a character in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge. Despite appearing in only three episodes and the film, he is one of the best-remembered characters from the series. He was played by Peter Vaughan.Slade Prison is officially run by the... - Christopher BigginsChristopher BigginsChristopher Kenneth Biggins is an English actor and media personality.-Career:Biggins was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England and brought up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, where he took elocution lessons and participated in local drama groups...
as LukewarmLukewarm (Porridge)Lukewarm was a fictional character in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge. He was played by Christopher Biggins.Lukewarm is a rotund young man with a calm and personable demeanour, who originates from Middlesbrough. The circumstances that brought him to be in prison are unknown although in one episode... - Ken JonesKen 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...
as Ives'Horrible' IvesBernard 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.... - Sam KellySam KellySam Kelly is an English actor who has appeared in television, radio and theatre.-Career:He has had roles in British sitcoms such as Porridge as Bunny Warren, Allo 'Allo! as Captain Hans Geering leaving after series three, On the Up as Dennis Waterman's chauffeur and We'll Think of Something as Les...
as 'Bunny' Warren - Tony OsobaTony OsobaTony Osoba is a Scottish actor best known for his role as Jim 'Jock' McClaren in the popular 70s British sitcom Porridge, and appeared in its sequel Going Straight. Osoba was the first black Scottish actor to appear on primetime television when he appeared in the series.His other roles include...
as Jim McLarenMcClaren (Porridge)Jim McClaren was a character in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge played by Tony Osoba.McClaren, who claims to have been adopted, is Black and also Scottish. This led to a string of racist abuse when he first arrived at Slade prison. Fletch also attacks him for being Scottish in a manner similar to...