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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 306938" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Having finished the second series of <em>Porridge</em> I've moved on to the first of the two Christmas specials that fell between this and series three.</p><p></p><p><em>No Way Out</em> was enjoyable for the wackiness of a choir covering the sounds of an escape being dug as well as Fletch's attempts to get into the prison infirmary for Christmas by feigning a knee problem.</p><p></p><p>The first scenario gave a terrifically funny moment where Mckay silenced the choir then, thinking the (digging) sounds he heard were coming from the radiator he walked up to it and gave it a couple of taps, only for the men in the tunnel to tap back. It's a great case of anticipation making the humour even funnier. I almost held my breath as Mckay walked up to the radiator, and then I realised exactly what was going to happen which filled me with delight. And the characters reacted the same way as they too saw it coming. Except they were horrified. Warren and Lukewarm's faces were priceless.</p><p></p><p>The two threads came together nicely when Fletch fell into the sinkhole created by the tunnel being dug and ended up having his Christmas cake in the infirmary as he’d hoped. </p><p></p><p>There was also a nice bit of business with Barrowclough taking Fletch to a civilian hospital to satisfy the prison doctor's suspicions that there's nothing wrong with Fletch's knee. Their little chats away from the prison setting felt like a nice callback to <em>Prisoner And Escort</em>. Once again there was wheeling and dealing for Fletch who was under Grouty's orders to collect a fake passport for the escapee.</p><p></p><p>A couple of familiar faces appeared along the way. Graham Crowden - best known to me for <em>Waiting For God </em>- was the prison doctor, while Carol Hawkins - who also appeared in a number of <em>Two Ronnies </em>episodes, along with half the British comedy films and series of the era - was a chatty nurse who turned out to be an associate of Grouty's disguised as a chatty nurse.</p><p></p><p>There were also some great lines. I especially liked Fletch's response to Godber asking if they'd get turkey for Christmas:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 306938, member: 23"] Having finished the second series of [I]Porridge[/I] I've moved on to the first of the two Christmas specials that fell between this and series three. [I]No Way Out[/I] was enjoyable for the wackiness of a choir covering the sounds of an escape being dug as well as Fletch's attempts to get into the prison infirmary for Christmas by feigning a knee problem. The first scenario gave a terrifically funny moment where Mckay silenced the choir then, thinking the (digging) sounds he heard were coming from the radiator he walked up to it and gave it a couple of taps, only for the men in the tunnel to tap back. It's a great case of anticipation making the humour even funnier. I almost held my breath as Mckay walked up to the radiator, and then I realised exactly what was going to happen which filled me with delight. And the characters reacted the same way as they too saw it coming. Except they were horrified. Warren and Lukewarm's faces were priceless. The two threads came together nicely when Fletch fell into the sinkhole created by the tunnel being dug and ended up having his Christmas cake in the infirmary as he’d hoped. There was also a nice bit of business with Barrowclough taking Fletch to a civilian hospital to satisfy the prison doctor's suspicions that there's nothing wrong with Fletch's knee. Their little chats away from the prison setting felt like a nice callback to [I]Prisoner And Escort[/I]. Once again there was wheeling and dealing for Fletch who was under Grouty's orders to collect a fake passport for the escapee. A couple of familiar faces appeared along the way. Graham Crowden - best known to me for [I]Waiting For God [/I]- was the prison doctor, while Carol Hawkins - who also appeared in a number of [I]Two Ronnies [/I]episodes, along with half the British comedy films and series of the era - was a chatty nurse who turned out to be an associate of Grouty's disguised as a chatty nurse. There were also some great lines. I especially liked Fletch's response to Godber asking if they'd get turkey for Christmas: [/QUOTE]
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