Going Straight
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.
Only one series of only six episodes was made, in 1978, with Barker singing the theme tune. The programme won a BAFTA award in March 1979. Hopes of a further series had already been dashed by Beckinsale's premature death earlier in the same month.
Episode list
| Title | Airdate | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Going Home | February 24, 1978 | 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 | March 3, 1978 | Fletch visits his probation officer and reveals his wife has left him. |
| Going Sour | March 10, 1978 | 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 | March 17, 1978 | 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 | March 31, 1978 | Fletch recognises an old fellow inmate and does his best to prevent a crime from occurring. |
| Going off the Rails | April 7, 1978 | 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. |
Theme Tune
The theme tune, sung by Ronnie Barker, detailed Fletch's determination to go straight, an ambition first laid out in the Porridge episode Men Without Women:I'm goin' straight, I am, straight as an arra'. I've paid the price and done me time. I'm goin' straight, I am, Along the straight and narra', and I don't mean straight back to crime.
The full lyrics of the song can be seen here
External links
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Last updated on Monday September 29, 2008 at 08:44:10 PDT (GMT -0700)
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