McClaren (Porridge)
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Jim McClaren was a character in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge played by Tony Osoba.
McClaren, who claims to have been adopted, is black and also Scottish. This led to a string of racist abuse when he first arrived at Slade prison. Upon arrival, he was an angry young man, and it was left up to Fletcher to calm him down and to curb the abuse he received. McClaren once climbed onto the prison roof, refusing to get down until he could talk to Fletch.
McClaren, along with Godber and Warren, is a regular conspirator with Fletch.
According to a 2003 TV special, Life Beyond The Box, approved by Clement and La Frenais but not written by them, thirty years later McLaren is a member of the Scottish Parliament.