after a "Welcoming" note from Mackay, the 3 new inmates of Slade prison are given a number and deprived of their posessions. Fletch, tries to keep his boots, by saying to the doctor he has flat feet, but it's Godber who ends up managing the boots trick, they have a "norishing" lunch, cold grey and lukewarm, and finally a visit to the governor's office.
meanwhile, Fletch finds out the interest of the governor for tropical fish, which lands him a job not on the library or the kitchen as he was aiming for, but on the prison farm. very funny episode.moreless
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Unlike Fletcher, Lenny Godber has never been in prison before and there are many things to be learned from old lag Fletcher, like how to ingratiate himself with the tropical fish loving Governor.
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Keith NorrishPrison Officer
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Ronald MusgrovePrison Officer
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Edward CogdalePrison Officer
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Brian Wilde
Mr. Barrowclough
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Fulton Mackay
Mr. Mackay
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Ronnie Barker
Fletcher
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Richard Beckinsale
Godber
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TRIVIA (2)
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Goof Whilst conducting a conversation with Godber, Fletcher repeatedly refers to Muslims as Muslins.
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Footage of the main gate of 'Slade Prison' - shown in the opening titles of each episode - was actually filmed at The Gate House, St Albans in Hertfordshire.
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QUOTES (6)
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Godber: I'm only here due to tragic circumstances. Fletcher: Which were? Godber: I got caught.
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Medical Officer: Ever had crabs? Fletcher: No, no I don't eat seafood.
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Mackay: Tell him how the average day begins. Fletcher: It starts off at 7 am. You'll be awoken by a persistent and deafening bell. Then all the screws come round... Mackay: I beg you pardon! Fletcher: All the prisoner officers come round, offering such advice as "Wakey, wakey! Get your socks on. Move, you horrible creatures!" We reply to this badinage with such remarks as "Good gracious, is that the time?", "Good morning sir!" and "Who's been having your old lady while you were on night duty?"
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Heslop: I read a book once...Green it was.
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Medical Officer: Suffer from any illness? Fletcher: Bad feet. Medical Officer: Suffer from any illness? Fletcher: Bad feet! Medical Officer: Paid a recent visit to a doctor or hospital? Fletcher: Only with my bad feet! Medical Officer: Are you now or have you at any time been a practicing homosexual? Fletcher: What, with these feet? Who'd have me?
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Fletch: I said to her, Isobel, I shall never get over you. I'll have to get up and go 'round.
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The opening narration for each episode, in which Fletcher is sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Judge, is voiced by Ronnie Barker.
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The opening narration to each episode states: Norman Stanley Fletcher. You have pleaded guilty to the charges brought by this court and it is now my duty to pass sentence. You are an habitual criminal who accepts arrest as an occupational hazard and presumably accepts imprisonment in the same, casual manner. We therefore feel constrained to commit you to the maximum term allowed for these offences. You will go to prison for five years.
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