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Porridge was a British BBC situation comedy television show written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, starring Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale and Fulton Mackay, about life in a prison. Porridge was aired from 1974 to 1977.
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The nardoo (Marsilea macropus) is a pseudo-fern growing mostly in swampy ground, with a creeping rhizome and erect fronds, circinate when young. The spores and spore-cases are pounded and made into bread or porridge by the Aborigines of Australia.
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Peter Vaughan is an English actor. He was born in 1923 at Wem, Shropshire. He frequently plays small character parts in British television shows, his biggest parts being that of 'Dad' in the 1970's BBC comedy series 'Citizen Smith' and 'Grouty (Harry Grout)' in the television series 'Porridge'.
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Richard Beckinsale was an English actor. he was born in 1947 at Carlton, Nottingham and died in 1979 of a heart attack. His first television role was as 'Geoffrey Scrimgeor' in the 1970 television series 'the Lovers' after which he played 'Alan Moore' in the comedy series 'Rising Damp' before going on to play 'Lennie Godber' in the 1970's television series 'Porridge'.
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Ronnie Barker was an English comedy actor and script writer. He was born in 1929 and died in 2005. He is best known for his portrayal of 'Fletcher' in the 1970's BBC television comedy series 'Porridge'.
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The Porridge Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
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Porridge is a comedy based on the BBC television series. It stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two prisoners in Slade prison who become unwilling accomplices to an escape attempt during a football match.
Porridge was directed by Dick Clement in 1979.
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Cou-cou is a Barbadian dish of boiled chopped okra in a thick cornmeal porridge.
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Crowdie is a Scottish porridge made from water and meal.
Crowdie is a traditional Scottish cheese-like dish made by straining the whey from soured milk and beating up the remaining curd with salt.
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Oatmeal is a meal ground from oats and used for making porridge, oatcakes, etc.
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