Porridge

British 1970s TV sitcom
TVSeries television_series Q4347124
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Porridge

Summary

Porridge is a television series[1]. Porridge ranks in the top 7% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (569 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Porridge is the creator of Dick Clement[3].
  • Porridge's instance of is recorded as television series[4].
  • Porridge's director is recorded as Sydney Lotterby[5].
  • Porridge's genre is recorded as sitcom[6].
  • Porridge's cast member is recorded as Ronnie Barker[7].
  • Porridge's cast member is recorded as Richard Beckinsale[8].
  • Porridge's cast member is recorded as Fulton Mackay[9].
  • Porridge's cast member is recorded as Brian Wilde[10].
  • Porridge's cast member is recorded as Sam Kelly[11].
  • Porridge's cast member is recorded as Tony Osoba[12].
  • Porridge's cast member is recorded as Michael Barrington[13].
  • Porridge's cast member is recorded as Christopher Biggins[14].
  • Porridge's producer is recorded as Sydney Lotterby[15].
  • Porridge's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0071036[16].
  • Porridge's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[17].
  • Porridge's original broadcaster is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[18].
  • Porridge's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[19].
  • Porridge's start time is recorded as +1973-04-01T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Porridge's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dqz0[21].
  • Porridge's distributed by is recorded as BBC Worldwide[22].
  • Porridge's BBC programme ID is recorded as b006m9kn[23].
  • Porridge's narrative location is recorded as Cumbria[24].
  • Porridge's number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+21'}[25].
  • Porridge's Rotten Tomatoes ID is recorded as tv/porridge[26].
  • Porridge's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Porridge'}[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Porridge's producer is recorded as Sydney Lotterby[15]. Porridge's director is recorded as Sydney Lotterby[5]. Cast members include Ronnie Barker[7], Richard Beckinsale[8], Fulton Mackay[9], Brian Wilde[10], Sam Kelly[11], and Tony Osoba[12]. Porridge is the creator of Dick Clement[3].

Publication

Porridge's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[17]. Porridge's genre is recorded as sitcom[6].

Why It Matters

Porridge ranks in the top 7% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (569 views/month).[2] Porridge has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . BBC Genome. wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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