Going Straight - S1 E5 Going, Going, Gone

[@JohnHonda101]

As a teenager I would look in disdain at my parents watching stuff like this as I was going out or coming in. Now I realise how good all comedy was back then and it also makes me miss my parents more than I can say.

[@rafflesxyz4800]

Bet you drove a Toyota too eh son? Come on let's be aveing you....

[@robertsmith3672]

@@rafflesxyz4800 That's odd I drove a Toyota when I lived down Letsbey avenue.

[@fjccommish]

Your disdain was well placed.

[@S-dizzle2823]

Beautifully wrote x

[@sabejreid2072]

Join the club! Proud youth we all were - and difficult to accept the same dished out, now I’m older!

[@highdownmartin]

Come on Billy Graham…. This is a brilliant episode, so much plot packed into 29 minutes, so many great lines, better safe than sorry, then fletch muttering I preferred the three bears. And moments of serious life lessons as well. Just bloody great, excellent work.

[@arkchibald-]

Ronnie Barker and Leonard Rossitor could carry the weight of their entire comedy sitcoms during this era. Brilliant!

[@sirog68]

An entertainer is a person whose job or goal is to perform for the amusement of others.Ronnie Barker one of the best A legend

[@vinnysamways63]

We lost an absolute gem when Ronnie Barker passed away!

[@thecovidprisoner]

Pure 100 % classic British comedy.

[@PaulChapman1bz]

I haven't given this series the same degree of attention as Porridge. Thanks for the upload. Different chemistry, same inimitable Barker performance. Lovely

[@natehaddock6434]

I'm 27 born 1992 and this is by far one if the best shows by far

[@raflaughter3474]

If you haven't seen it yet, watch Porridge. This is the sequel to that show. When Fletch and Godber were in prison. Just as good as this.

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

Porridge is infinitely better.

[@worzelthestud]

you also need to search for 'Clarence' also a great one of his

[@robleary3353]

Brilliantly written and acted!. Todays so called comedy shows could take note of how comedy should be done!. 🤣

[@kingy002]

Nothing wrong with British comedy today! Different, but just as good as ever.

[@jerryduhon1075]

THE BRITS KNOW HOW TO DO COMEDY. ALWAYS FUNNY . ALWAYS ENTERTAINING. BIG THUMBS UP. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS PUTTING OUT THE BEST .

[@seanfitz79]

Wtf you shouting for?

[@irielion3748]

Don't SHOUT! Where are you from then?

[@edwardkerrigan5356]

Knew how to do comedy - not any more.

[@sammortimer9165]

Ronnie Barker, Pete Postlethwaite and Nigel Hawthorne. Character acting really doesnt get better than this unless Daniel Day Lewis turns up. Absolutely brilliant.

[@TheRowlandstone73]

Daniel Day-Lewis, who did his own Porridge with Pete Postlethwaite years later in the 1993 film 'In The Name of The Father'! :)

[@johnniethepom7545]

Nobody will ever beat David Jason as the old lag Blanco in an episode of Porridge . He was so good , I had to check the credits to confirm it was really him .

[@johnnunn8688]

I don’t recall them being in it?

[@daffyduk77]

Postlethwaite was pretty good in "the Muscle Market" - an Alan Bleasdale drama

[@lulug4283]

David Jason too 🤔👍

[@appledoreman]

Some nice twists in this episode - right up to the last minute. Class writing.

[@PNETriffid]

I love the way Rodney just pops in every other episode.

[@alanmorgan8647]

Rodney? I thought his name was Dave!

[@PNETriffid]

@@alanmorgan8647 Don't be a plonker.

[@andymoore9977]

@@PNETriffid Raymond?

[@jaybob-uh8hm]

Rodney, you mean Nicholas Lyndhurst.

[@PNETriffid]

@@jaybob-uh8hm No, I mean Gary from Goodnight Sweetheart.

[@ReclaimMind]

Such a shame they never got to make another couple of series, it's a classic show.

[@irielion3748]

Jaime Kendler-Arnold Beckindale died suddenly. No chance.

[@paulfrewzy7374]

Make hey awhile thee sun Shall shine However Quit While one's Ahead Is the key to style. )0(

[@robalexander8065]

"Arnold Beckindale" was Richard Beckinsale's autocorrect brother....

[@angusmeigh5141]

They could have found a replacement actor for Richard Beckinale. But I think the BBC wanted to kill off TV series.

[@michaelgrace1298]

@@angusmeigh5141 Ronnie didn't want to do it without him

[@jmills1549]

When TV was good , enjoyed that .....took me right back.

[@jameswalker7459]

Ronnie Barker one of the best men of comedy he was very underestimated he deserved much more credit for Ronnie Barker was the man with the gags that made us laugh and still makes us laugh in 2022/23

[@jnuttso1]

Never really watched this series properly but now I have I must say its very good...:-)

[@TheRowlandstone73]

Same here. For some reason, I was always wrongly under the impression that this series was a failure and bombed, but of course it was obviously the sad death of Richard Beckinsale that halted it. I'm very pleasantly surprised by how good it is.

[@theculturedthug6609]

@@TheRowlandstone73 Yes the show ended after Richards sad death they couldn't go on without him, although they were asked too. But I suppose it just wouldn't be the same. I would really like to have seen more of this show and how it all played out over the coming years.... You neve know they could have ended up back in Slade Prison.

[@idreesemahomed403]

Glad I discovered this series .. Makes me smile watching it.

[@162sam]

Rewatching all Going Straight - absolutely fantastic!!! Just love Ronnie Barker! Thanks for uploading all these.

[@katethomas5712]

Has anyone noticed the ad on the notice board for I love my wife, the play Richard Beckinsale was doing at the same time as this.

[@BrianRPaterson]

Barker, Beckinsale and Nigel Hawthorne! Sadly all gone, but always a joy and a delight to watch on YT.

[@russelltofts7233]

Add to that sad list, Patricia Brake, who died in 2022.

[@nigecheshire9854]

Add to that Pete Postlethwaite

[@colinluby5950]

Holding down a job is the greatest feeling in the world, especially a night shift

[@DarkAutumn3D]

"I have a lot to do of a morning! I have to get you off..." Couldn't use such terminologies in this day and age 😂😂

[@TheBearuk1]

Wow the late great Pete Postlethwait in an early role!

[@user-bh4rx8mf8g]

Pay packet arrives... money immediately goes pouring out. Nothing left, another month to limp through running on vapours. I know that feeling!

[@martinworld7214]

week

[@Remnants100]

​@@martinworld7214- True enough, it was always a weekly pay packet in those days.

[@aidjunkie5335]

Great to see Pete Postlethwaite in an early role. Fantastic actor.

[@markwell4720]

Extraordinary talents - Nigel H, Ronnie B and Richard B - excellent combination. Thanks.

[@breebw]

3:05 "Mulligatawny or ox tail (soup)". He would use this in Open All Hours when Mavis has trouble choosing soup.

[@melpeddle7243]

You got a lot of contacts. You no ever bent person around.😂🤣😂 Well written line.

[@loucazin543]

One minute Ronnie’s helping a guest with a lady of the night, the next he’s ‘helping’ give the same gentleman directions to Abercorn Street in Open all Hours! What a jolly decent fellow he was! 😂😉 Rest in well deserved peace dear Ronnie ❤️

[@mikewest1542]

This episode and the very 1st one the best, this is the best story by far, very ingenious!

[@cmdfarsight]

Thanks for the upload. Great fun.

[@lionharehart]

It's Betty from Hi-de-Hi at 11:18. The other actor playing her "husband" was a favorite of David Croft and Jimmy Perry also; Donald Morley, he was in Dad's Army, Open All Hours, Grace and Favour and more!!

[@Zephaniah3verse17]

Yes - Rikki Howard. I'm ploughing through Hi-De-Hi on Gold at present, thought I recognised the face.

[@Remnants100]

Yes, the Hotel Manager also played a suicidal manic depressive in an episode of Rising Damp alongside a young Richard Beckinsale.

[@sheilagravely5621]

I can't imagine why BBC didn't like this, I think it's bloody brilliant. 😘

[@nickycotton6137]

Aye, agreed.. (bl**dy right ;-)

[@callumwhite516]

They did like it, they didn’t carry it on because Richard Beckinsale died suddenly and Ronnie didn’t want to carry on without him

[@doddyvanstraaten2774]

@@nickycotton6137 What on earth has John and Connie got to do with it? They wrote Faulty Towers not Going Straight.

[@nickycotton6137]

@@doddyvanstraaten2774I know/❤ the "What on earth" bit!!! 😢. Never mentioned 'Going Straight'! Not sure why comment is here tbh.😕..✌(edit: Was watching a clip of FT's & this after probably. They did say that wouldn't do anymore episodes of it in a John Cleese 'Docu''. Gave reason's, but can't recall tbh!)

[@nickycotton6137]

@@doddyvanstraaten2774Preachy idiot.

[@Paul-fq9pj]

Lenny godber a fine head of hair and. A legend

[@capcompass9298]

5p for the gas meter. 1980 it went up from 5p a week to 50p a day in our flat.

[@highdownmartin]

British Gas suddenly had shareholders to feed

[@CarlBland-l8l]

Even mre now😂

[@neilreading3552]

My forebears "oh yeah, one more than Goldilocks"....! Genius.

[@Dannyvirk]

This was awesome, first time i've seen it. Thank you for posting

[@CarlBland-l8l]

It's so good

[@mandysmith5275]

Brilliant dint know this was a program love ronnie Barker. 😊❤💙❤💙

[@MrBazda]

The old boy with the blonde, is in open all hours, asking for directions, whom Arkwright wants to charge 😀

[@clarea1801]

Fun fact. The prison gates at the beginning of the programme are by St Albans city train station and still look the same.

[@andrewhutton2262]

Even the facial expressions are perfect. Funny stuff

[@m4al]

I recognized Sir. Humphrey's voice right away 🙂

[@johnhanson5943]

Brilliant and what a cast! Haven’t seen since when it was first broadcast.

[@LOBBYTHEROBBER]

Wow!! What a stellar cast.

[@DMEB]

Apart from Nicholas Lyndhurst they are all gone now. Great characters.

[@TimothyRice135]

Going Straight was great to watch (10/09/2022)

[@lifeontheroof2000]

5p for the gas meter take me back to them days lol

[@stebishopnomad1838]

Absolutely brilliant love Ronnie sadly missed now

[@mustavertwang]

I certainly never saw that end coming !

[@benday1218]

Sir Humphrey wouldn't be seen dead in a hotel like that ;-)

[@nickycotton6137]

Awe, you legend. Absolute quality Tele' showS to revisit & this episode fondly recall.

[@ac9110]

That's some seriously classy, well thought out script writing. Brilliant acting too.

[@Kemnaygeography]

'I heard you hadn't got another one' - great line

[@Snakebite2109]

Seen my earphones? why what ya wanna do listen to ya rice crispy's 😅🤣

[@algie-t2w]

Raymond, the gormless teenage son, something's never change.

[@2_thumbs_up_baby]

Ronnie Barker 100% class actor 👏 Loved everything he was in.

[@Dommer1973]

The poster on the wall of the hotel for the play “I Love My Wife”…starring Richard Beckinsale! 😂

[@Sameoldfitup]

Life is all memory

[@d12kiem7]

Netflix wishes they could write this kind of story

[@theculturedthug6609]

Fletchers daughter Ingrid died last year in real life....R.I P

[@CarlB_1962]

It's such a shame this series didn't catch on - it was well written, well acted and very funny, and the writers and Ronnie B did an excellent job in developing the character of Fletcher outside the confines of Slade prison.

[@ShadowKingRPG]

I'm guessing you don't know the reason as to why this show never carried on, Richard Beckinsale, the guy who played Lennie Godber died tragically from a heart attack aged 31, Ronnie B refused to act or work for days because he was mourning the loss of a dear friend

[@CarlB_1962]

Thanks for the info. The death of the gifted Richard B at such an early age was a tragedy.

[@martinpowell5769]

Carl B Absolutely agree

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

@@ShadowKingRPG Oh , Dear Lord . I had no idea . What a loss . I have just discovered this series and had hoped for more than one season . What a shock to discover why there is just the one .

[@michaelgrace1298]

@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 he died in the middle of filming this an another comedy called Bloomers, David Swift was in bloomers too,David also appeared as Mr Grey in rising damp with Richard

[@asadbaig4422]

Always wondered what Sir Humphrey got up to at night XD

[@WillBabitt]

I’m an old punk. I love the disdain that Norman has for us. It makes me belly laugh. 😂

[@Teaandcrumpets134]

I never new Rodney from only fools and horses was in this.

[@jacksugden8190]

I remember pay packets. Long time ago.

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

Pay parade in the army too.

[@redeoghan]

I came into this with low expectations because it only got the one season, pretty great stuff though. A fantastic Christmas surprise.

[@8704bretto]

Sir Humphrey Appleby!

[@robertpeston6692]

OMG it's him!!!!

[@Thetache]

Love the efficient reuse of the Fawlty Towers set !

[@dps8435]

And today we have Mrs brown's boys,jeez.

[@highdownmartin]

BBC iPlayer. Check out the remade porridge. Script by clement frenais and good actors in it. It’s not fletch it’s his grandson in for it fraud. Highly recommend it, sharp neat stories and some real cracking lines. Just like this episode.

[@dps8435]

@@highdownmartin are you kidding,utter rubbish,just like every other remake,Ronnie Barker's timing & comedy writing was the best,why can't they just leave these classics alone,everything the BBC touches turns to sh*t.

[@highdownmartin]

@@dps8435 did you actually watch it? I thought it was a great way to carry on without making it any sort of carbon copy.

[@dps8435]

@@highdownmartin yeah,just hate remakes,shows lack of creativity,99 times out of 100 utter garbage & in today's climate of don't offend anyone usually as funny as being diagnosed with bowel cancer after winning the euro jackpot.

[@highdownmartin]

@@dps8435 give a go. I’m of the same opinion the original is the best. But it’s new scripts with up to date themes. You’ll see the original shining through but there’s loads of real good moments, sharp writing, inventive dialogue. It’s as good as because it’s the same writers and they’re shit hot. Trust me.

[@Maryonpark]

This was pure class, I can't believe it only ran for one series. Maybe it was because we were spoiled rotten in the 70's for classy comedy?. I love this episode in particular, the acting from everyone is just wonderful.

[@Maryonpark]

+dilwich123 Yes, I think it was planned. That's such a shame. The writing/acting was top drawer.

[@Paul-fq9pj]

Well said

[@irielion3748]

Andy D Beckindale died suddenly.

[@Hysteria98]

Richard Beckinsale died so it couldn't continue

[@simonmorley8403]

Fine writing: set up and resolution. Great.

[@dominiclagan]

An Oscar nominated, Tony winning, Knight of the realm playing the baddie!

[@wrightcarl1181]

My favourite episode. Porridge comedy of errors vibes, similar to pineapple chunks one! 🍍👌😁

[@arabianseagull]

It's been almost 30 years, brings back old memories watching these series

[@100Noddy]

more like 45

[@edwardcooper5479]

Scraping the burnt toast lol

[@stevedunningduckinggiraffe6296]

It's a nice touch that the police car was a Ford Consul which is I think the same car as they used in The Sweeney around that time

[@jaz7232]

Ford Granada 😟👏👏👏👏

[@user-vp8ln6yr3w]

Richard Beckinsale was such a genuinely sweet soul ❤Only the good die young

[@briancahill2136]

Ronnie B. The greatest comedy writer ever R I P...................Thanks for all the laughts..

[@nazirvania9365]

Absolute class! 😀

[@mattydon3032]

Legend RIP

[@albaproductions9602]

Didn't Patricia Brake used to be in a sitcom called the Glums.

[@Maryonpark]

Yes, she played Eth lol. Excellent actress :-)

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

@2:10 paypacket joke "Most of the gross has slippped through the net. " 😁

[@johnsawyer2516]

Great Fletcher and cast brilliant. Sadly times move on

[@grahamlait1969]

A very young Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rodney from Only fools and horses) as well.

[@frederickmarch4503]

I'd never seen this before, it was 2 years before I was born. Better than the new rubbish, best actor for the job not like now

[@jonamore2102]

so sir humphrey really had a moving past, aye? glad 'ol humphy turned his life around

[@NoosaHeads]

I wasn't expecting the ending..

[@fredflintstoner596]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?

[@josephparry2229]

Memories fantastic,

[@airforce82]

Sir Humphrey, Rodney and Obidiah Hakeswill all in the same episode, the unexpected crossover!

[@carlnapp4412]

That clock in the office is as dead as a doornail.

[@libertysmith1167]

Loved it

[@jamesedgewood4643]

Forebears...four bears....wonderful writing.....

[@GentlemanJim0958]

I never noticed that Sir Nigel Hawthorne was in this episode. I was shocked when I realised. He's the actor who starred as Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, where I know him from. Brilliant.

[@stevebrown8163]

Thank you

[@chipperleon7204]

this reminds me i want to watch Yes Minister

[@robertrammullen6935]

Can't help thinking the Band B is a Fawlty tower stage set

[@tonyireland2234]

Looks like the set from faulty towers !

[@musictube250]

Pretty sure that hotel is the Faulty Towers set redressed