"A Test of Character" is an episode of the BBC sitcom Porridge, Porridge is a British sitcom first broadcast on BBC One from 1974 to what year?
Porridge (TV series) Porridge is a British sitcom first broadcast on BBC One from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled "Porridge" (released under the title "Doing Time" in the United States). Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. "Doing porridge" is British slang for serving a prison sentence, porridge once being the traditional breakfast in British prisons.
The Squirrels (TV series) The Squirrels is a British television sitcom, written by Eric Chappell, who went on to create the Yorkshire Television sitcoms "Rising Damp" and "Only When I Laugh". It ran for 3 series and 28 episodes and was made and broadcast from 1974 to 1977 on the ITV network, by ATV. Phil Redmond, the creator of the soap opera "Brookside", was also a writer for the series.