Going Straight
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| Going Straight | |
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 Ronnie Barker in Going Straight |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Creator(s) | ? |
| Starring | Ronnie Barker Richard Beckinsale Patricia Brake Nicholas Lyndhurst |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One |
| Original run | February 24, 1978 – April 7, 1978 |
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| Related shows | Porridge (TV series) |
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Going Straight was a BBC sitcom which emerged as a direct spin-off from Porridge, starring Ronnie Barker as prisoner Norman Stanley Fletcher, newly released from the fictional Slade prison where Porridge had been set.
It sees Fletcher trying to re-emerge as a valued member of society, having vowed to stay away from crime on his release.
Also re-appearing was Richard Beckinsale as Lennie Godber, who was Fletcher's naïve young cellmate and was now in a relationship with his daughter Ingrid (Patricia Brake). Her brother Raymond was played by a teenage Nicholas Lyndhurst.
Just one series was made, in 1978, with Barker singing the theme tune. The programme won a BAFTA award in March 1979, but hopes of a further series had already been dashed by Beckinsale's premature death earlier in the same month.
[edit] Episode list
- Transmitted 24 February–10 April 1978.
- "Going Home": Fletch, having been paroled, makes his way home from prison. On the train, he bumps into Mr Mackay and an old friend.
- "Going to be Alright": Fletch visits his probation officer and reveals his wife has left him.
- "Going Sour": Fletch is diverted from his own problems when he comes across a young punk girl and tries to set her on the straight and narrow.
- "Going to Work": Fletch is set up with a job by his probation officer as a night porter, but can't face starting his first ever job.
- "Going, Going, Gone": Fletch recognises an old fellow inmate and does his best to prevent a crime from occurring.
- "Going Off the Rails": Fletch almost falls off the straight and narrow on the day Godber is to marry Ingrid, but has a change of heart before it's too late.
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| Ronnie Barker |
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| Situation Comedies |
| The Navy Lark | Six Dates With Barker | Hark at Barker | His Lordship Entertains |
Seven of One | Porridge | Going Straight | Open All Hours | The Magnificent Evans | Clarence |
| Sketch Shows |
| Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead | The Frost Report | The Ronnie Barker Playhouse | The Two Ronnies | The Two Ronnies Sketchbook |
| Short Films |
| A Home of Your Own | Futtock's End | The Picnic | By the Sea |
| Other Roles |
| Robin and Marian | The Gathering Storm | My House in Umbria |
| Notable Collaborators |
| Ronnie Corbett | David Jason | Richard Beckinsale | David Frost | Dick Clement | Ian Le Frenais | Roy Clarke |
