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Habitual criminal Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker) accepts his incarceration as an occupational hazard.

He�s sentenced to prison for five years and shares a cell with first-time offender Lennie Godber (Richard Beckinsale). He unintentionally becomes a father-figure to the naive Birmingham lad.

The series grew out of a play called Prisoner Escort, from the Seven Of One Ronnie Barker anthology in 1973. The series was apparently popular in jails around Britain and was even made into a feature- length film in 1979.


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