Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Fletcher and Godber are in trouble for brewing liquor in the lead-up to Christmas, but are caught up in a hostage situation in the Governor's office.
Fletcher and Godber are in trouble for brewing liquor in the lead-up to Christmas, but are caught up in a hostage situation in the Governor's office.
Ronnie Barker
Fletcher
Brian Wilde
Mr. Barrowclough
Fulton Mackay
Mr. Mackay
Richard Beckinsale
Godber
Dudley Sutton
Reg Urwin
Sam Kelly
Warren
Tony Osoba
McLaren
Ken Wayne
Keegan
Michael Redfern
Tulip
Fletcher and Godber are in trouble for brewing liquor in the lead-up to Christmas, but are caught up in a hostage situation in the Governor's office.
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Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.
A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.
When their daughter is abducted by experienced kidnappers, the Jennings turn the tables on their seemingly fool-proof plan.
Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.
An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour seige at the U.S. Federal Reserve.
A gang of four professional criminals kidnaps a wealthy teenage girl from an airport in Paris in a meticulous plan to extort money from the girl's wealthy father. Holding her prisoner in an isolated beach house, the gang's scheme runs perfectly until their personal demons surface and lead to a series of betrayals.