"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.
List of EastEnders television spin-offs "EastEnders" is a popular British soap opera that has aired on BBC One since 19 February 1985. Several spin-off shows have been made, some of which use flashbacks to look at the history of the characters. Others have been a lead-up for a character's eventual return to the show, and some have followed characters who had departed from the show in another setting. Like off-set episodes, these spin-offs are set outside the usual location of Albert Square. Documentaries have also aired, particularly for the 10th, 15th, and 20th anniversaries of the show looking back at the history of the show's inception, its characters and storylines.