Going Straight
Going Straight
60 minutes
1978
HD
Going Straight is a BBC sitcom which was a direct spin-off from Porridge, starring Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher, newly released from the fictional Slade Prison where the earlier series had been set. It sees Fletcher trying to become an honest member of society, having vowed to stay away from crime on his release. The title refers to his attempt, 'straight' being a slang term meaning being honest, in contrast to 'bent', i.e., dishonest. 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. Her brother Raymond was played by a teenage Nicholas Lyndhurst. Only one series, of six episodes, was made in 1978. It attracted an audience of over 15 million viewers and 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.
Stars Ronnie Barker
Directors Sydney Lotterby, Sydney Lotterby, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Going Straight
How I Met Your Mother
2005

How I Met Your Mother

Executive Stress
1986

Executive Stress

Hope and Gloria
1995

Hope and Gloria

Flatbush
1979

Flatbush

The Brady Brides
1981

The Brady Brides

Spring And Autumn

Spring And Autumn

Starting Out
1999

Starting Out

Perfect Harmony
2019

Perfect Harmony

Play Guide
2013

Play Guide

United We Fall
2020

United We Fall

Dorothy
1979

Dorothy

Duckman
1994

Duckman

In the Beginning
1978

In the Beginning

The Simple Life
1998

The Simple Life

Lost In France
1998

Lost In France

Suphapburut Sut Soi 2022
2022

Suphapburut Sut Soi 2022

Life with Lucy
1986

Life with Lucy

The Norm Show
1999

The Norm Show

Is It Legal?
1995

Is It Legal?

It Takes Two
1982

It Takes Two