"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.
Up Pompeii! (series 1) "Up Pompeii!'s" first series originally aired on BBC 1 between 30 March 1970 and 11 May 1970. The pilot episode, "Up Pompeii!", premiered on the BBC's "Comedy Playhouse" on 17 September 1969. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, best remembered for his scripts for the "Carry On" films.