where is the new series of porridge filmed
Porridge (TV series)
The BBC was forced to look around for locations because the Home Office refused permission for any production filming inside or outside a real prison . Instead the main gatehouse of the disused St Albans Prison ( in the town 's Victoria Street ) was used in the opening credits . Exteriors were first filmed at a psychiatric hospital near Watford . However , after the completion of the second series , the hospital withdrew permission for more filming following complaints from patients ' families . Another institution near Ealing was then used for the third series . Scenes within cells and offices were filmed at the BBC 's London studios . But for shots of the wider prison interior , series production designer Tim Gleeson converted an old water tank , used at Ealing Studios for underwater filming , into a multi-storey set . 
The BBC was forced to look around for locations because the Home Office refused permission for any production filming inside or outside a real prison . Instead the main gatehouse of the disused St Albans Prison ( in the town 's Victoria Street ) was used in the opening credits . Exteriors were first filmed at a psychiatric hospital near Watford . However , after the completion of the second series , the hospital withdrew permission for more filming following complaints from patients ' families . Another institution near Ealing was then used for the third series . Scenes within cells and offices were filmed at the BBC 's London studios . But for shots of the wider prison interior , series production designer Tim Gleeson converted an old water tank , used at Ealing Studios for underwater filming , into a multi-storey set .
Instead the main gatehouse of the disused St Albans Prison ( in the town 's Victoria Street ) was used in the opening credits . Exteriors were first filmed at a psychiatric hospital near Watford . Another institution near Ealing was then used for the third series . Scenes within cells and offices were filmed at the BBC 's London studios .
Instead the main gatehouse of the disused St Albans Prison ( in the town 's Victoria Street ) was used in the opening credits . Exteriors were first filmed at a psychiatric hospital near Watford . Another institution near Ealing was then used for the third series . Scenes within cells and offices were filmed at the BBC 's London studios .