Porridge, signed Philip Jackson 'Dylan Bottomley'

Porridge single stamp first day cover with Fletchers Way, Deal postmark 03.09.24. Autographed by actor Philip Jackson who played Melvyn 'Dylan' Bottomley in the classic sitcom.

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'Dylan Bottomley' appears in the 1974 episode "Men Without Women." He is portrayed as a somewhat naive and nervous young man, serving time in Slade Prison for a minor crime—fraud, involving travel agency bookings. Dylan is inexperienced and easily intimidated by the tougher inmates at Slade Prison. He is portrayed as a bit of a "fish out of water," struggling to adapt to prison life. Fletcher, takes a somewhat paternalistic attitude towards Dylan, offering him advice and trying to guide him through the difficulties of prison life.