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Christmas Special: No Way Out
Christmas special of the classic sitcom from 1975. Fletcher doesn't want to spend Christmas in his cell, and through a convoluted series of events involving the building of a tunnel, he ends up in hospital for Christmas with his feet up in a quiet, comfortable private room.
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Christmas Eve 2024
20:30
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Norman Stanley Fletcher | Ronnie Barker |
Mr MacKay | Fulton Mackay |
Mr Barrowclough | Brian Wilde |
Godber | Richard Beckinsale |
Harry Grout | Peter Vaughan |
Warren | Sam Kelly |
Prison Doctor | Graham Crowden |
Sandra | Carol Hawkins |
Nurse | Elisabeth Day |
Writer | Dick Clement |
Writer | Ian La Frenais |
Producer | Sydney Lotterby |
Director | Sydney Lotterby |
Broadcasts
- Christmas Eve 1975 20:25Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One London
- Thu 8 Jul 1976 19:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One London
- Thu 27 Dec 1984 20:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One London
- Christmas Day 1987 12:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One London
- Sun 20 Dec 1992 21:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One London
- Christmas Eve 2001 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England
- Christmas Eve 2002 21:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England
- Thu 23 Dec 2004 18:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England
- Boxing Day 2005 22:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England
- Christmas Day 2006 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England
- Sat 22 Dec 2007 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except East, Scotland, South East & Yorkshire
- Sat 27 Dec 2008 19:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland (Analogue), Northern Ireland & England only
- Sun 8 Feb 2009 00:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales & Wales (Analogue) only
- Wed 23 Dec 2009 18:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Wed 23 Dec 2009 18:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
- Tue 21 Dec 2010 17:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland, Wales & England only
- Christmas Day 2011 17:10Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
- Christmas Eve 2012 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland, England & Scotland only
- Sun 22 Dec 2013 18:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two HD, Northern Ireland, England, Wales & Scotland only
- Sun 27 Dec 2015 17:25Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two HD, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
- Sat 17 Dec 2016 23:10Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, England & HD only
- Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland, Wales, England, HD & Wales HD only
- Sun 22 Dec 2019 17:15
- Christmas Eve 2024 20:30
- Christmas Day 2024 01:40
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