Going Straight - S1 E2 Going To Be Alright

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[@jslonisch]

Truly a great character actor. Whether he’s Fletch or Arkwright or the customer in “Fork Handles” he just IS that character.

[@GlynneWright-zb4kf]

A British treasure, shame the goody goodys wouldn't allow it to be aired today,! Bunch of wallies, most of us who were alive then still speak the same and laugh at Bernard Manning.

[@sgrannie9938]

Don’t forget Clarence ❤

[@uniquedude566]

This is an absolute classic show they dont make comedies like this anymore. The British made some brilliant comedies 👍

[@vagabondvibes2578]

Because Britain is a comedy.

[@p.s.w4744]

With out britains u wud be still makin fire with sticks ​@vagabondvibes2578

[@user-zo5um2vu1z]

​@@p.s.w4744hate to burst your bubble but the cradle of civilization is not Britannia..it's Africa. We all walked out of Africa...what makes me laugh when I come across little Britain racists. ..not you .just when I do. They generally assume we are the captains of world economics. We gave empire away ..This countrys only allied with USA because of the war ..and only recently forgotten by them when we recently 2006 actually.made the last bullion payment..they insisted on bullion for becoming our war allies ..why austerity and penny pinching is the cornerstone of our politics...if you didn't know. Now you do .fun fact

[@DifficultFlannel]

Fair play to Nicholas Lyndhurst. He was a bit of a dope in this show, but he went on to get GCE's in maths and art.

[@CARLIN4737]

Hes terrible in everything except OFAH...

[@TidyRC]

@@CARLIN4737 wot about goodnight sweetheart?

[@leonardhpls6]

And he knows a good joint when he puffs one, but what's that prove? He can paint by numbers

[@Rambo857]

Hahaha nice 🤙🏼

[@CarlBland-cv5zo]

@@CARLIN4737 no he isnt

[@lawrencejhutchinson]

One of the 2 greatest British comic geniuses, the other being Leonard Rossiter!

[@josephinepeery6938]

Love Leonard Rossiter, played some hilarious characters.

[@gerrywade4482]

Dead right there Lawrence

[@bigteno4597]

Totally agree!!

[@Inglese001]

British comic geniuses - I'd add Stan Laurel and Peter Sellers.

[@sabejreid2072]

There's a long list of great ones!!

[@drwhatson]

Brilliant dialogue. The scripts are just as good as 'Porridge', yet it's often undervalued.

[@CarlB_1962]

Agreed.

[@cnote2458]

I think porridge is better but going straight was a decent Spin Off. I think with Richard dying sort of overshadow the show due to it only having one season. I think the first season was feeling out where it wanted to go. If we had got more I think it would of found its ground. And got better and better.

[@RTG1031]

The creators of Porridge followed through to Going Straight

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..

[@floppyfairy99]

The character work by Ronnie is flawless. A classic if short lived follow up to one of the best ever written.

[@dallasreid7755]

I never even knew there was a sequel. Same very clever script and great delivery. What a classic.

[@mikepocock575]

Makes me laugh how Fletch is driving the F 88 from the bunk behind the drivers seat. lol. Cracking episode.

[@darylcheshire1618]

I liked the bit where he has a docket for the boot repairs before he went to prison and when he went back told him they’d be ready by Thursday.

[@francisfox9171]

That's an old joke that people have been telling for years ["be ready Thursday"] but I then got to thinking..maybe that is where it actually started!

[@MatthewOkot]

Interesting continuation of Fletcher's story. Taking him out of prison where he was the big man and putting him in the outside world where he has nothing. The dynamic between Fletcher and Godber has changed too. In Porridge, Fletcher was Godber's father figure and mentor but in Going Straight, Godber has got his life back together and he's the one who has to "look after" Fletcher. It would have been nice to see them carry on into a second series, alas it was not meant to be.

[@JJONNYREPP]

Going Straight - S1 E2 Going To Be Alright 0441am 9.5.23 he wasn't the "big man"... just knew how contrived the us and them situation was and still is. one set of lards over there and one set of idiots over here. and lo!!! get him away from these drab lickspittles asap!!! the harsh reality of life is that the vast majority of them and the dishonest con that life has turned out to be - is that he can do without it all.

[@cardigan3000]

@@JJONNYREPP is this an example of an AI bot writing?

[@JJONNYREPP]

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[@JJONNYREPP]

@@systemai Comments on ‘Going Straight - S1 E2 Going To Be Alright’ your philosophical steak house will no doubt set that right... can't wait for the mighty quips and devastating repartee of you guys to come pouring forth. what next... a bit pf Petrach..? Pindar? swan vesta quotes?

[@leonardhpls6]

​@@JJONNYREPPdo you need help kid?

[@onthe4572]

People say this wasn’t as well received as Porridge but I think the prime reason they never made any more was due to Beckinsale's death!

[@electoplater]

BAFTA award 15 million viewers a week first viewed1978 Beckensales death in 1979 preventedany more programes being made

[@peterowen9183]

Yep, exactly that. It would seem harsh to describe the cancellation of Going Straight as a tragedy compared with the tragedy of Beckinsale's death - a hugely talented actor and a wonderful person. But that was the reason GS only ran to one series. A shame as it was a great sitcom. The first Barker/Beckinsale scene in this episode, in the pub, is a joy.

[@01123581321341]

“…it’s money. Money is independence. Money is respect, you know that? You can look the world in the face and say i upped my income now up yours.” Always loved Fletcher’s comment there. So relevant today as it was then. Truly sitcoms like this are long gone.

[@kevanbodsworth9868]

A pity so many believe that ,, Fletcher found out what was better,

[@markmorris7123]

Really??... I use to be very wealthy and very stressed.. Now I'm poor and work in shop, yet I've never been happier. A lot more to a successful life than money

[@sundayafternoonathome5163]

40 years , Richard went far to soon . RIP

[@richarddowling912]

I'm still here, went on the run in 1991, my feet are killing me, 2022,

[@John-tz2tx]

Who’s to say what’s too soon? He got more out of 32 yrs than some get out of double that, starred in 2 iconic shows alongside 2 icons and was married with 2 children.

[@susansherlock6934]

@@John-tz2tx I am not sure his widow and children would have agreed with you? For children to have a parent die young it can be quite traumatic? They were 5 and 12 years old, when Richard died

[@johnclegg4993]

​@@John-tz2tx totally agree, more than many get, it sounds young but nobody has any given right to live even forty years.

[@steopaine4726]

Yeah it sucks been there too many times bro

[@pigknickers2975]

Rodney's legs are ridiculous 🤣

[@ajaydahl]

Last year I was in a YO/Adult prison on Friday Porridge would come on at about 10pm on Yesterday channel. The lads would shout "Porridge is on" and the entire Wing YOs, Drill lads, lads not even from England would just all sit in silence and watch there weren't many episodes so the same ones would repeat but no one minded. It may of been set in the 70s but it was a truer depiction of prison than any of these overly violent shows. Prison isn't all killing and fighting it's mostly a bunch of blokes miles away from loved ones in almost timeless void prison in 2022 looked very much like 1970s. No show captured the tedium, the little funny moments and the sense of almost brotherhood prison instills as well as Porridge and it never will. This is equally good but I'm glad it wasn't on during prison as seeing Fletch leave might of been oddly tough for us to see from our cells.

[@leonardhpls6]

You dirty little criminal child😂 cool story, shame it's bullshit but still .....

[@allangilchrist5938]

Amazing the way that Nicolas Lyndhurst made an entire career out of being a 'dipstick'.

[@kobirelf97]

Don't you mean a right plonker 😂

[@garth7816]

A right bleedin’ wally, surely!

[@gordiandaly3999]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@markhorney7625]

Must of been smoking that wacky tobacky from that art friend of his to be out of it. 🤣

[@koeningyou]

@@markhorney7625 Shanghai Lil.

[@terrythekittie]

The great thing about the great Brit comedies is that they are so educational...40 years ago Basil Fawlty's American antagonist Mister Hamilton introduced to me and millions of others the exceptionally delicious 'Waldorf Salad' (sub grapes for cheese blocks I reckon) and now tonight I am googling 'Mato Grosso' a region in the western part of Brazil..educational and funny...you can't beat it.

[@fjccommish]

This isn't a great comedy.

[@elliot2919]

I can't believe how much younger Rodney looks in this. And plus David Jason was also familiar with Rodney before Only Fools and Horses because he played Blanco.

[@samanthacampbell5048]

That was in porridge though not going straight

[@karlbillinger9945]

All in it together bs. No real World, just deception.

[@johnloony68]

“Rodney”? Do you mean Raymond?

[@alexlazebat839]

yet he wasnt in the sequel new porridge because it had to be him because his son would be the new fletcher

[@gaskellr44]

I think you might be confused. I am not sure D Jason and N Lindhurst have worked together before OFAH.

[@mrunknown4157]

A young Nick Lyndhurst... Very well written dialogue. You really don't see writing like this these days!

[@TheWelwyn21]

Thank goodness

[@truthseeker7794]

@@TheWelwyn21 Yes I agree, it was quite poor.

[@truthseeker7794]

The writing was quite poor.

[@JJONNYREPP]

Going Straight - S1 E2 Going To Be Alright 0444am 9.5.23 yer right... jeeez... nick lyndhurst must have been about 15. 'kin hell... ahahahah

[@SlinkiestTortoise23]

D- ‘must try more’

[@niall3973]

Very sad this series only went 1 season... for obvious reasons. I bet they had a ton of possible story lines ready for another 2 or 3 seasons. We lost out there. Brilliant comedy

[@ryanessex7978]

Series. Not season. Idiot.

[@danw1374]

@Daniel ThompsonTerrible misuse of the word 'Racist'

[@MrBannystar]

@@ryanessex7978 Get the fuck over it.

[@JohnyG29]

This programme only went 1 series.

[@user-et6pj4db9s]

I don't think it rated as well as porridge though so even with Beckinsale alive it might not have continued on.

[@mikepocock575]

Loved this series a great follow up to Porridge remembering Fletch but more so Godber sadly taken from us way before his time.Being a lorry lover i love the old yellow Volvo F 88.

[@Shorty_Hutch]

RIP Patricia Brake. Only this year

[@wrightcarl1181]

Liked the nod to the first episode, brown brogues soled and heeled 😁

[@telboy1965]

Absolutely fantastic proper comedy miss those days

[@loungejay8555]

21:04 I find it really strange to see Richard Beckinsale and Nicholas Lyndhurst on screen together and talking. I have them both psychologically separated in my head, like they belong to different era's even though of course they both existed at the same time, albeit with an age and size difference. Its also odd to see that Richard Beckinsale is no longer the youngest character in the thing he's in.

[@my_beer_stories]

Means as well he's worked with both lead actors in OFAH, as David Jason was in Porridge.

[@KebabMusicLtd]

@@my_beer_stories Jason worked with Barker in a number of different Barker written projects in the early seventies, especially Porridge (three episodes) and Open All Hours (1976) and I always wondered whether Jason, through Barker's influence recommended Lyndhurst for the role of Dave/Rodney when John Sullivan and his team were first putting OFAH together. Indeed, there is something of the OFAH dynamic in this, with Fletcher, Godber and Raymond pre-dating the role of Grandad, Del and Rodney.

[@philclarke7712]

@@KebabMusicLtd this leads perfectly into OFAH. Think you're onto something there but I can't see a direct link between the two other than Nicholas Lundhurst.

[@Inglese001]

They are from different eras. Richard Beckinsale's career peaked in the 1970s while Nicholas Lyndhurst's peaked in the 1980s and 90s.

[@francisfox9171]

@@KebabMusicLtd that is an excellent observation...I do remember watching it when it first came out and of course had no idea who Nicholas Lyndhurst was, but of course the rest is history. I'm sure Sullivan must have been an admirer of Clement and La Frenais and how they structured their work, and as you rightly say, it is a strikingly similar dynamic between the 3 male characters as in OFAH.

[@SHOOTA.79]

Being out of prison i can relate to this...going straight....

[@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?

[@johnnunn8688]

You are aware, that you’ve just watched Going Straight, not Farty Towels, right?

[@fredflintstoner596]

@@johnnunn8688WELL I DID ASK THE WAITER !

[@karlbillinger9945]

Nope just immigrants Towers.

[@fredflintstoner596]

@@karlbillinger9945 NO,NO I WON'T HAVE THAT THERE'S THAT PLACE IN EASTBOURNE !

[@karlbillinger9945]

@@fredflintstoner596 But not in Tintagel. Thank Fu*k.

[@garth7816]

British 70’s sitcom was indeed a small but talented world. Nick Lydhurst as a pre-“Rodney”, sharing the screen with Ronnie Barker, shown coming out of a corner shop the very spit of Open All Hours, starring David Jason from Only Fools, in a double act with…Ronnie Barker😅

[@andymoore9977]

I think I once heard that Ronnie Barker was in the running for playing Del Boy but turned it down. I could, of course, be totally wrong.

[@robalexander8065]

@@andymoore9977 Enn Reitel and Jim Broadbent were in the running for Del Boy. Ronnie was in the running for Reginald Perrin..

[@andymoore9977]

@@robalexander8065 And I have just learned RB turned down, quite rightly, the Frank Spencer role!

[@almostkentish3042]

"Man with fist in mouth cannot no longer give lip- Muswell Hill proverb"

[@ingaeubanks5737]

great series - hilarious episode - thanks

[@lewischaisson5490]

love this man

[@Beautyinthebreakdown.]

I’ve watched this a few times and everytime I think ‘that’s Rodney’ 😂

[@MikeWildePredator]

Fletcher, Godber & Rodney Trotter, Talk About A Small Sitcom World.

[@chequehook68]

Awe my word... Rodney you beautiful bastard!

[@derekregan6312]

Old school don't make them like that anymore

[@marccas10]

When I was a little kid I thought fletcher and the bloke from the Two Ronnie's were two different people. My dad said it was the same bloke and I was gobsmacked.

[@cov9290]

marccas10 I was surprised when I found out Ronnie barker was posh. His cockney accent and characteristics are so convincing.

[@capcompass9298]

He was so versatile.

[@danw1374]

A brilliant character actor

[@whouster]

Going Straight didn't have the magic of Porridge, but it's still a superb comedy in its own right. Hats off to Clement and LeFrenais for the brilliant writing. For me, the two greatest comedy acting performances in sitcom history are Ronnie Barker as Fletcher, and Leonard Rossiter as Rigsby.

[@alexlazebat839]

very surprised it won a bafta and 16 million viewers really

[@gaskellr44]

Not at all, it was an excellent comedy, which I think at the time was slightly panned, but wrongly.@@alexlazebat839

[@JamesSmith-xl7ph]

21:00 Three great British comedy legends in the same room!!!

[@CarlBland-tn1jo]

2024 anyone?

[@keithbentley6081]

This is really good. I would've considered it old fashioned as a youth, but watching again now it's got what' is and has been lacking in situation comedy, and comedy in general over the last few decades.

[@The_man_himself_67]

Patricia passed this year. Where have the years gone?

[@graciescott1649]

We’re here to give a quote on the decorating😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@whitefangoftheleaf9744]

2023 and still love Ronnie 31 and counting he was a legend

[@user-zo5um2vu1z]

A total genius. The MAN of light entertainment..I put him on the podium with Peter cook and spike Milligan ..up there with Hancock and Erik Sykes ..a god of the 3 channels era.he strode it like a comedy colossus,Eric morcombe status ..

[@1invag]

It's Rodney! Never seen this before I was not expecting that bahahaha

[@angryjock3938]

This was Rodney's first job out of acting school.

[@brain8484]

Angry Jock tv comdey show Butterflies was just before this .

[@amazed66]

@@brain8484 They both were aired in 1978 with this being shown earlier than Butterflies but I wouldn't have thought too many people would know which role he played first.

[@roddyteague6246]

Not true. He was in The Prince & The Pauper BBC Series 1976.

[@chrisp2653]

@@roddyteague6246 he was in Heidi in 1974 . His first acting role was a uncredited role in 1973

[@roddyteague6246]

@@chrisp2653 True enough. However I was responding to Angry Jock!

[@DanielsMummyAliG]

Gotta love Rodney

[@madeiramagic]

John Sullivan got his first break writing sketches for The Two Ronnies ! he was gutted at not being able to get his foot in the door to work on writing for Porridge but I do think he was involved on the show somehow, can't remember now, it's in a long interview with him somewhere..But you can see all the connections there, Barker, Jason, Lyndhurst

[@user-fy3qx3jd6n]

Fletch is more of a revolutionary than a criminal.

[@Kingtrollface259]

nicolas lindhurst looks so young and gormless😂

[@wallybazoum]

Now he looks old and gormless.

[@jordan3405]

Absolute classic. And Dave with his little ear hoop. What a plonker.

[@marccas10]

I've got to get one of those half pint glasses for nostalgia.

[@MarkBrydondrums85]

i have one somewhere haha..

[@grahamedwards9634]

one in my cupboard

[@daidavies90]

I'll have a pint of mild in a half pint glass

[@stu71disco]

Aaaah I could just do with a pint of Watney’s Red Barrell or DD DOUBLE Diamond 😊 that takes me back

[@John-et9yl]

The manageress of the Dry Cleaners with the coat hangers punchline used again by Clement & Le Frenais to brilliant effect in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Series 1 Episode "The Lovers" during dialogue between Oz and Dennis

[@johnbeagley8162]

Man with fist in mouth cannot no longer give lip. Muswell Hill proverb lol

[@MegaINSELAFFE]

Brilliant comedy is hard to find these days

[@TheDjackso1]

They'll be ready Thursday 😂😂 The level of writing is off the scale

[@onlyme219]

'Said they'd be ready Thursday' funny as :)

[@TheGiokink]

I never knew Rodney (Dave) was in Going Straight lol

[@giggabyt78]

and looking for his led zeppelin tape

[@soulrebel2531]

I love how lenny and fletch love each other good show

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

I love the accents . Nothing much like that in my part of Louisiana .

[@grumpleskiltpin3257]

It's a spin off from Porridge, a classic from the 70's. If you like this, you'll love that! ;)

[@thetruth-bs7jx]

Should watch only fools and horses and minder aswel both classics

[@JohnSmith-ki3li]

@@grumpleskiltpin3257 yes lovely shows.

[@ryanessex7978]

That's because it's a different continent you moronic yank.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

@@ryanessex7978 I did not say they were . Limey Arse

[@dannyholmes5156]

Bless Patricia Break R.I.P

[@macca696]

The greatest comedy character actor this country has every produced dabdid jason his long time oppo is a very close second

[@alans4081]

Very enjoyable this show

[@BillCompo]

I always thought if when Fletcher saw his parole officer she had said since he had no job and his wife had left him she had said she had no other choice but to send him to a half way house and when he got there Mr. MacKay was in charge would of been hilarious.

[@SpeccyMan]

... would HAVE ...

[@neilreading3552]

"your parole is based on stable circumstances" "Oh, they are stable, but the 'orse 'as bolted".

[@fpvDRE]

the start of rodney haha great show this 😁😁

[@rsk00000]

It's all about rodney

[@oneteaminbristolbcfc]

Yester years probations officer versus todays probation officer 😂

[@bigteno4597]

Never realized Rodney Trotter was Raymond!

[@Bob814u]

Dave has been in a lot of things.

[@robalexander8065]

Odd that Fletch digs up the back garden, yet Godber admires the front.

[@kiwitrainguy]

Perhaps he dug up both.

[@W.A.T.P...55]

The guy who played Godber died way too young

[@pamboskourtoulos5239]

Was the father of film actress Kate Beckingsale

[@W.A.T.P...55]

That's true I seen an interview with her on Larry King show on RT uk,

[@michaellowery1559]

Richard Beckinsale, he was a legend! Very sad he is missed!

[@danielmaya-actor9405]

I thought it was because this spin off wasn't very successful

[@russelrussel7337]

Daniel Maya no it was extremely popular. Because Richard died and was very close to ronnie barker. Ronnie said no. It affected him that bad. All the best from Australia, 👌 👍

[@aces-ww8zl]

Rodders!!!!!!!lol.............

[@NexusDarkworld338]

and Delboy was in Porridge.

[@DokktorDeth]

Err … his name's Dave actually.

[@paulkenney700]

@@DokktorDeth indeed , irony is Trigger was right as Rodney was really a criminal and changed his name lol

[@burntpeppers7414]

9:14 A proper 14 carrot plonker enters the room 🤣. And 4 those of u that don't get the joke, its Rodney from fools and horses, Nick Lyndhurst. Going straight was a terrific comedy and a gr8 sequel 2 Porridge. RIP Richard and Ronnie.

[@tardeliesmagic]

@9.20 Nicholas Lyndhurst? 😮WOW!! He must've been 17yrs old. Never got to see these Going Straight episodes.

[@dannyj4163]

Ronnie was the best rip legend and you Richard too too soon can't beat the old comedy's

[@Sameoldfitup]

60 dislikes are they prison officers?

[@gmeredith8834]

F88, a classic vehicle!

[@ianinkster2261]

Something about the 70s looks quite recent.

[@ritawing1064]

It was before Reagan and Thatcher persuaded the world that only doing the other man down was the way to go.

[@jasonclarke6983]

superb and start of n lindherst career

[@rorymckernan502]

Fletcher loves a swift half.

[@michaelpowell3852]

Richard was awsome actor die far to young

[@cvovrsce]

A young Rodney 🤣😂👍🏻

[@tomhaskett5161]

"Alright, Dave?"

[@davidfanning1600]

Re watching these. I remember not liking them at the time - I was wrong as they're great.

[@Cheepchipsable]

As you age you appreciate different aspects...except the theme tune, that's arse.

[@TimothyRice135]

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

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

I see his parole woman later became "Norman", Alan B'Stards legal eagle in the New Statesman. Begins as a man & gradually has gender reassignment

[@ianinkster2261]

Re the pub conversation. There is plenty of use to the buried money. He can attain security without conspicuous consumption.

[@TheWelwyn21]

You wouldn't recognise the prison gates now

[@yacinekadri9110]

The series finished much too RIP Ronnie and Richard you are missed

[@MarkStevens8899]

And Patricia too now sadly

[@pandorazbox9659]

U had forgotten how clever this and porridge were.

[@rorymckernan8502]

Rodney and Godber. 😂😂

[@josephinepeery6938]

Oh my days, I don't remember Nicholas Lyndhurst being in this!

[@SpeccyMan]

He was also in Carla Lane's Butterflies with Wendy Craig. The show began the same year as this.

[@tankc6474]

class👍

[@inserter400]

❤ Ronnie The greatest writer and deliver of comedy

[@Dabhach1]

A seventeen year old Nicholas ("you dipstick, Rodney!") Lyndhurst!

[@siredith8846]

9:16 Raymond is exactly like my son 😂

[@peterdisgusting]

Dave from -ofah 😃

[@NikkiMcMistie]

Rodney and Mr. Arkwright in the same series wow

[@mrsteel9026]

cheers m8.

[@jayturner3397]

Blimey Nicholas Lyndhurst young there..

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

Don 't forget the Chrismas card to Grouty !

[@jeffreybarton1297]

God!! Rodney Trotter!! And so young.