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Porridge

1979 film by Dick Clement
Movie film Q7230374
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Summary

Porridge is a film[1]. Porridge ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (785 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Dick Clement[3]
  • Genre: comedy film[4]
  • Based on: Porridge[5]
  • Cast member: Ronnie Barker[6], Richard Beckinsale[7], Fulton Mackay[8], Brian Wilde[9], Peter Vaughan[10], Sam Kelly[11], Barrie Rutter[12], Daniel Peacock[13], Christopher Godwin[14], Geoffrey Bayldon[15]
  • Producer: Ian La Frenais[16]
  • Production company: Fremantle[17]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[18]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[19], Australia[20]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1979[21]
  • Distributed by: ITC Entertainment[22]
  • Title: Porridge[23]
  • Duration: 93 minutes[24]
  • Australian Classification: PG[25]

Why It Matters

Porridge is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 7281
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 7281, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269269|batch #269269]]"
  2. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bbc programme id → b007b8zw
    Deutsche synchronkartei film id → 40204
    Based on → Porridge
    Wikidata description → 1979 film by Dick Clement
    + 41 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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