NORMAN STANLEY FLETCHER NICKED BY WOKE POLICE
Now BBC says Porridge is offensive
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WOKE Beeb bosses have “banged up” the classic prison sitcom Porridge.
They have issued Norman Stanley Fletcher, played by the late Ronnie Barker, with a “discriminatory language” warning.
Fans of the Seventies comedy – set in fictional HM Prison Slade in Cumberland – say it’s an injustice.
One tweeted: “Porridge has a warning message now on BBC iPlayer – I give up.”
Another said: “Why have the BBC put an advisory notice on Porridge? This nonsense has to stop. One of the greatest ever sitcoms.”
A third mused: “Warning. This programme is funnier than anything the BBC has produced in 25 years.”
The central characters are Fletcher, above, and his cellmate Lennie Godber, played by the late Richard
Beckinsale. In one episode, Fletcher tells a prison escort “You’d have to be Sidney Poitier” to serve at Brixton Prison in London. In another, he calls fellow prisoner McLaren a “poof”.
The BBC says on iPlayer: “Porridge is a classic comedy which reflects the broadcast standards, language and attitudes of its time. Some viewers may find this content offensive.”
The broadcaster had upset some viewers by giving the same warning to Blackadder and The Royle Family.
A BBC spokesman said: “Some older programmes on occasion contain language that some viewers find offensive, inappropriate or which have now fallen out of use, and for that reason we do make that clear on BBC iPlayer and elsewhere.”
A MUM hid her pregnancy for the entire nine months as her bump looked like she “just had a curry”.
Chelsea Smith, 26, saw her mum, sister and father-in-law every day throughout her pregnancy but says nobody clocked she was carrying her third child.
A lack of cravings and morning sickness helped keep them in the dark.
She and husband Jack welcomed baby Bertie on January 31, weighing 5lb 7oz.
Chelsea, said: “I didn’t have any symptoms of pregnancy. No morning sickness, no cravings – not even a bump.
“Nobody had a clue. It just looked like I’d had a curry.
“It wasn’t like we were planning on playing a big joke on all our friends and family. I just liked the idea of keeping it to ourselves.”
Chelsea and Jack, 29, decided to keep the pregnancy a secret following a scare when their daughter Susie, now one, arrived prematurely.
So after giving birth to Bertie, wedding photographer Chelsea, from Nantwich, Cheshire, was able to surprise her folks.
The couple visited Chelsea’s sister Holly and mum Gaynor and sent texts to her sisters with a picture of Bertie.
Chelsea, also mum to two-year-old Florence, laughed: “Only me and
Jack knew. I don’t think many people could manage that nowadays.”