Editing Brian Wilde (section)

===''Porridge''===
In 1973, Wilde starred as a different kind of gaoler in the second episode of ''[[Seven of One]]'', a series of seven individual stories, all of which starred [[Ronnie Barker]]. In the episode, entitled "Prisoner and Escort", Wilde played [[Mr Barrowclough]], one of two prison officers whose job it is to escort Barker's character [[Norman Stanley Fletcher|Fletcher]] across the moors to his prison (the other was Mr Mackay, played by [[Fulton Mackay]]). The episode proved successful and a series was commissioned by the BBC, titled ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]''. Wilde reprised his role as the timid and eager-to-please Barrowclough. ''Porridge'' which ran until 1977, was a great success, with a [[Porridge (film)|film version]] being made in 1979.