First appearance of the regular characters Horrible Ives and Lukewarm.
This episode is the only appearance of the lightbulb eating Welsh prisoner Evans.
Fletcher speculates on the possibility of racing the prison farm's pigs, three years before the first known pig race in the USA.
The ratings for this episode and A Day Out (1974) are unavailable.
The remaining four episodes from this first series averaged at 6th place in the charts with an audience of 6.66 million under the JICTAR ratings system.
The remaining four episodes from this first series averaged at 6th place in the charts with an audience of 6.66 million under the JICTAR ratings system.
This edition sees the first appearance of Christopher Biggins as "Lukewarm". In his 2015 autobiography "Biggins: my story", Christopher stated that "I got £90 an episode when I was on the series in the 1970s."
£90 in 1974 would be the rough equivalent of £814 by 2024 standards.
£90 in 1974 would be the rough equivalent of £814 by 2024 standards.