Going Straight - S1 E4 Going To Work

[@SimonHarvey-i4z]

Ronnie is pure class such natural talent in whatever he plays BRILLIANT JUST BRILLIANT

[@brendalandes1813]

Ronnie Barker is such a brilliant man. I have seen this series for the first time. Hooked

[@LivesInLibertyCity]

When he starts clicking the pen to get the tea out 🤣🤣🤣

[@AnonAnonAnon]

The perfect continuation of Porridge. Rest in peace all those who stared in it. Perfect comedy!

[@iwillsendyoutojesus]

Agreed

[@markfowler1467]

well said

[@richielewis2928]

😊😊​@@iwillsendyoutojesus

[@richielewis2928]

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[@richielewis2928]

😊

[@mandysmith5275]

I didn't realise this program was around I love it. Love fletcher in porridge and open all hours.🤣😍❤

[@smiffy113]

Fletcher wasn't in open all hours

[@JazzFunk22]

Ooohhhh fletch you are awful but I like you 🤭

[@LisaKitching]

@@smiffy113fletcher was Arkwright

[@doktoruzo]

I haven't seen this since it was aired in 1978...lol . Fantastic. Anything with Ronnie Barker is going to be good. The guy was brilliant. Thanks for the upload.

[@johnnunn8688]

19787, I must have missed that year.

[@doktoruzo]

@@johnnunn8688 ..lol

[@clivehammond3213]

What a great comedy I'm 58 remember this very well 😂

[@davelacey2287]

RIP Patricia. She was such a cutie pie

[@melpeddle7243]

You can troddle of. I haven't heard that in year's. Good old Ronnie Barker.

[@silaslangsyd]

Love all the old accessories in the kitchen , brings me right back to being a nipper.

[@algie-t2w]

Love the lines: "I didn't think anyone your age had never worked" Fletcher replies: "Yeah, me and the Duke of Edinburgh".

[@uppercut2246]

Prince Philip wanted to be reincarnated as a ‘deadly virus’ to ‘stop overpopulation’. No need, Event 201 has created Mass formation Psychosis in the Cattle already eh.

[@MOGGS1942]

Phil the Greek and the rest of the deadbeat windsors. Not a days work between the lot of them.

[@LisaKitching]

😂😂😂

[@allanwelsh3095]

It's like a time machine back to my childhood 😢. Times were hard but simple

[@michaelcoward1902]

Yeah so hard with your subsidized housing, free education, public services that worked and more than five years between each once in a lifetime crisis

[@allanwelsh3095]

@@michaelcoward1902 that's an awful lot of presumptions. Tell me do you know what my life was like. As you assume I'm thinking no. So shhhhhhh theres a good boy

[@sgrannie9938]

@@michaelcoward1902were you even born yet? 🙄

[@shadowpath38]

Just noticed the hotel is also the same set used for Fawlty towers

[@brynleyoakley6990]

Keep watching, Hope the young generation watch this brilliant comedy. And meany others. Dick Emery. Arthur Haines. Ken Dodd.

[@chrislongstay]

You wouldn't have complained if you'd ever fallen out of a window, would ya? One of the best lines ever. Acting, writing bloody brilliant.

[@tonybonner1841]

King of comedy !!! The best !!! 4 candles !!!

[@rockabyebaby6111]

sorry mate.. we ave run out of fork handles ha ha !!

[@thechanneloffun3760]

It’s so sad that he died, he would of done some amazing things, at least we have this and other shows, rest in peace.

[@raymondwelsh6028]

Only found out his daughter was Kate Beckinsale.🇦🇺

[@danw1374]

@@raymondwelsh6028 Richards other daughter Samantha is the image of her dad.

[@KebabMusicLtd]

I believe Richard died within a year or so of the making of Going Straight. Ironically, David Swift was also in Richard Beckinsale's last tv show Bloomers. It's noticeable the bags-under-the-eyes on Richard in this episode and it has been said that he had raised concerns about his health with his doctor in the months before his tragic death.

[@DrCrabfingers]

He did do some amazing things. He made some awesome tv and films. Some people live to be 100 and don't do half of what he achieved.

[@brianhaskard1042]

The lovely Patricia Brake rip. Those jeans fitted her well 😉

[@paulwiltshire4299]

Excellent never gets old nothing like it now shame 😉

[@nigelturner253]

Ronnie is the funniest. And wit person they were ever in comedy. R.i.p .Ronnie barker

[@jfilm7466]

Even though those days were hard, they are so much better than today in so many ways.

[@algie-t2w]

Here! Here!

[@breenirwin2356]

More integrity in society

[@paulfletcher3998]

@J Film - 85pence for a double whiskey being one.

[@johnnunn8688]

What was hard about them?

[@paulfletcher3998]

@@johnnunn8688 mass unemployment, the 3 day working week, endless strikes, public TV not broadcast several nights aweek, the height of IRA violence, violence at football matches to name a few of the problems. The 70's were the worse times since WW2.

[@LivesInLibertyCity]

I remember loving porridge when you was young and it was on again in the early 90s. I never knew this existed untill my late Mum and her then partner was talkng about it while singing the theme song. That must have been around 2000. I found this on yt a few years ago. Love it ❤

[@Apollo_Mint]

85p for a double scotch ! And table service ! ! !

[@algie-t2w]

I love Fletcher's line when the sarcastic receptionist says how the previous porter stole her 'portable fan heater'. "Oh dear", says Fletcher, "And you need one of those more than most I should think".

[@adzdahlman9724]

Ah haaa . I always comment before reading others ; but , yeah ~ hilarious*

[@theculturedthug6609]

I don't really get it what is he implying?

[@LivesInLibertyCity]

​@theculturedthug6609 i believe he's implying she's lazy. Enjoying the fan rather than cracking on with work. Or vanity related

[@ianworley8169]

I took to imply a bawdy reference. I need a fan(ny) 'eater. Could be wrong, but I thought it was funny anyway.

[@highdownmartin]

@@ianworley8169ditto. I missed that line the last time I saw it, but took it as keeping her bits warm as so parky in reception Anyway, slightly suggestive

[@raspberrymojitogirldec]

Great show just wish been more rip Ronnie and Richard xxx

[@nickycotton6137]

Awe, that theme ❤ (let alone the rest) brings the nostalgia on. Ta very much.☝

[@davidloughlin2238]

Is it just me or are these older shows so much more funny than the modern ones?

[@peternagy-im4be]

They are better. Reason i stopped watching TV

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

They are so much better, it's true.

[@LivesInLibertyCity]

I'm in my late 30s and love the older sitcoms. Between 75 and 95 are my personal favourite years for TV.

[@VestigialHead]

There is still a rare show of quality, but they are much fewer between. These days producers seem more concerned with meeting diversity quotas and appealing to minority groups than producing quality or intelligent content. Very sad that the golden age of TV is no more.

[@peternagy-im4be]

@Ian in other words shows are made by idiotic woke losers. Best just to ignore them all.

[@sabrinamullins864]

Ronnie b absolutely amazing legend xx ❤

[@MatthewOkot]

David Swift was great in this, with his mysterious references to "two unfortunate occasions" and the way he always says "etcetera, etcetera" instead of properly finishing his sentences.

[@algie-t2w]

I agree with you. It's very funny the way he stares into the middle distance as he remembers the two 'unfortunate occasions'.

[@MrGranfield]

Loved him in Drop the Dead Donkey.

[@lizauger9828]

I miss that generation of people, I really do.

[@cnote2458]

I don't think the actress who played Ingrid gets enough credit. Obviously Ronnie and Richard were both comedy genius. But I really liked Ingrid since porridge and the wearing the bra gag. And I think she is great to have as the 3rd lead in the series.

[@ToothlessDragon536]

I can't stand her. Her voice ruins this whole series. It's so over the top cockney.

[@martinworld7214]

I'm sorry but Richard Beckinsale cannot be described as a comedy genius . Taking nothing away from his ability ~& craft

[@ThePiratecheese]

23:01 "I think you ought to have another Polo" Richard Beckinsale's timing on that line is comedy gold.

[@robertwhyte6914]

Godber been learning from Fletch

[@paulsmith-ll9vg]

he`s taking a bit of a risk by showing fletcher the safe isn`t he, and although this is still not porridge, really anything starring ronnie barker is bound to be comedy gold without fail.

[@nickburton100]

RIP Patricia Brake.

[@jamesedgewood4643]

Ronnie Barker just steals the show.... one of the greatest comic actors of the TV age.

[@MatthewOkot]

16:05 Godber hasn't mastered the art of storming out of the room after an argument. Lol.

[@highdownmartin]

I don't need no money off you Pat pat Lend us a quid Len! Beautiful

[@kimmason8533]

Thank you so much this is one series I've never seen and always wanted to 👍

[@alastairjhunter3666]

All three gone now. Patricia was great as fletches daughter

[@fknucklewit]

I really enjoyed that! I watched Porridge as a kid.

[@edrooney9580]

Absolutely brilliant

[@TimothyRice135]

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

[@jacksugden8190]

Gift of the gab would describe Fletch, and Godber was too nice to have eaten porridge.

[@vordman]

Yeah, that always jarred a bit in Porridge. How could such a decent and moral man end up in prison?

[@Entedeficción]

Those trousers fit her well. :) Thanks for sharing.

[@brianhaskard1042]

great camel

[@janroberts347]

🥴👹😽👍🏻

[@Bikerted88]

Pamela should have been a receptionist at the doctors, got the same attitude

[@martinjenkins6467]

Yeah narky cows.

[@incargeek]

Interesting, because I think Swift would play a great, gruff doctor actually; in a similar style to his character here.

[@moreheff]

I appreciate this much more now than when it was originally aired. Mind you, I am a fair bit older as well LOL The cast is stellar and I love Patricia Brake as Ingrid. Superb

[@thomasbeach137]

Brilliant show, such a shame it never lasted long.

[@nicky6334]

Weren't they planning to until Richard Hathaway died ?

[@LivesInLibertyCity]

Richards untimely death caused it 😢

[@chriswaring5565]

WHEN MR MCKEOWN TOLD FLETCH HE LIKES TO GIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, HE SOUNDS LIKE OLD MR BARRACLOUGH

[@richardstorier6172]

just spotted the hoover twin tub behind Godber, 3174 model worked on hundreds of them, great comedy made magic by the legend that is Ronnie B!

[@dtb4394]

Thank goodness I was brought up when shows like this came on the box. Any of the younger generation on here like these, type of shows? Too many to list.

[@shellytennantuk6545]

Richard beckinsdale was so handsome, it's such a shame he died so young.

[@martynkingwell70]

Ronnie barker legend

[@MelliaBoomBot]

just fantastic.

[@gplunk]

Cheese and chutney sandwiches; how delightfully Bri-ishh....

[@magna4100]

In the present madness cheese 'n' chutney sarnies would be considered "racist."

[@martinworld7214]

those & the picallilli sandwiches sound truly revolting

[@rorymckernan502]

I think we are all like Fletcher, allergic to work. 😂

[@kidpresentable6004]

@@logangreen3616 nope.me too

[@Cloudsouth]

Allergic to work we hate, yes.

[@uppercut2246]

@@logangreen3616 Yes, there's nothing quite like, coming out of University with a debt & an expensive piece of Paper, to waft under the nose of your future slave owner eh. You want fries with that...

[@jozefserf2024]

Work is just a way for the elites to collect our taxes. The wages are secondary.

[@franzherflek4116]

I hate work

[@jozefserf2024]

17:12 A well written sitcom about the bright working class, what could be better?

[@theyorkshireladyoyo]

She got money to fritter away on tea and biscuits

[@rorymckernan8594]

Allergic to work ha ha classic. 😂😂

[@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..

[@darylkanofski9327]

Ronnie Barker has to be the best character actor of all time

[@vordman]

He's up there with Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness.

[@TheSeanm102]

thanks for the upload I remember this as a kid

[@hamishcameron1082]

And it’s the first time that things for me are starting to move forward for myself 🇬🇧

[@ingaeubanks5737]

If there is such a thing as intelligent comedy - this is it!

[@larmoran4885]

haughty people doing menial jobs. I miss that

[@elliotbutler9691]

One for the Getaway car, one for the Wages Van 😂

[@robhavock9434]

Dear Ronnie was a genius such an influential character to the 60,s generation very unrecognised today but for them who remember him affectionately he still rates.

[@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733]

I think I'm in love with fletches daughter.

[@martinpowell5769]

Fantastic

[@algie-t2w]

Fletch getting his first job ever just like little Charlie Windsor.

[@sgrannie9938]

Shame.

[@pollymaenza6173]

They should have made more series he was wonderful

[@terrylick5908]

on the fiddle. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@robedmunds7163]

Cosey comedy, so well done.

[@tomhaskett5161]

"Like the whistle!"

[@an885405]

Nice to hear the overture from Yeomen of the Guard

[@neilreading3552]

"I am...actually...... allergic.....to work"!

[@jamesinsell3131me]

Such a bloody shame about Richard Beckinsale, he died only a few years after this, and I can't believe it but "I've" never seen this version of porridge either, can't believe it, and like other people are saying, I'm enjoying this better than any other present comedy, this is sarcasm personified, Beautiful! 85pence for a double scotch!! Those 'were' the days...

[@albaproductions9602]

Shame the beeb didn't let this show develop it could have really taken off.

[@nov3019892008]

Alba Productions they couldnt due to the death of Richard Beckinsale. well I suppose they could have, but it wouldnt have done so well without him

[@albaproductions9602]

Richard Holland Ok I didn't know this was around the time he died.

[@me-ju3fv]

Richard Holland He's only an extra: hardly features in this

[@jrgboy]

It was either this or another season of 'Open All Hours', we know what happened...

[@misssparkles7520]

nothing to do with it, the show stopped due to the death of Richard B. open all hours came 2 years after Richard B's death, Ronnie said in later life that he could not do going straight with out him..

[@danielmoore6189]

they must have used some of the same set for faulty towers in the hotel scene. very familiar

[@stevebrown8163]

Thank you

[@lawrencejhutchinson]

Sad watching Ronnie and Richard and Patricia at home - all gone now! I thought this was better than Porridge - wish they'd made more than one series!

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

...Better than Porridge?! PAH!

[@MrHarleyoldfart]

They only made one series because it was shite,

[@lawrencejhutchinson]

@@MrHarleyoldfart Actually, it was because Richard Beckinsale died!

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

@@MrHarleyoldfart That is why it won a BAFTA. Maybe it is only 'shite' if you are incapable of cohesive thought and empathy.

[@MrHarleyoldfart]

@@hogwashmcturnip8930 I didn't realise you needed to be empathetic to watch a 'comedy' programme. Winning an award means nothing, masses of films win awards for all sorts of things, but that doesn't guarantee they're not shite.

[@johnnunn8688]

Sack of crisps = 7p? Not on your Nellie! (2022)

[@Younghead]

Oh my God I’ve never seen Fletcher out of prison, I think once the prison went away to play football once in a film version……..?

[@katoness]

I'm allergic to work, if only that was a medical condition.

[@smhorse]

That's why they introduced "shirk from home" during the pandemic 😂😂😂

[@camspks]

It's a story but...isn't Ingrid a loyal daughter? The way she goes to see his boss...and explain why he's not there...Aw.

[@cuebj]

True to life back then - cigarettes, alcohol, sugar. We now know that the sugar is as bad as the other two.

[@carlbland68]

2019 anyone?

[@bloodbornetwotterman4966]

Yep!!!

[@darrenlock3307]

2020 and love it

[@andrewbleasdale790]

@@darrenlock3307 good man

[@gordonmulligan5145]

June 2020 👍

[@raflaughter3474]

2021!

[@capcompass9298]

The prices. 1976 I was ripped off, 32p for a can of Lilt worth only 16p. How many quid today?

[@geoffreycarson2311]

IM 66 you are NOT Wrong !!!g

[@RobinKeck-i2b]

Re: the argument that these older shows are better than the modern ones. I would respectfully argue that this is confirmation bias. We are watching the shows that have stood the test of time .. Porridge/Going Straight and the comedic acting of Ronnie Barker is ruddy brilliant … can’t get over how good it is. But there was also masses of tosh that we have all forgotten. As for modern shows? Have we all forgotten watching The Office for the first time? How original it was and how it observed our work life to a tee? Very different but also sublime.

[@mykehyslop198]

Comedy Gold.🤣

[@kevindarkstar]

Sadly all of the main cast is dead Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Patricia brake, and David Swift 😥 wonderful British comedy from a time when we laughed

[@davidbaxter4910]

I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE

[@RichardPhillips1066]

It's says a lot that a sub par show compared to porridge is still more amusing than most modern comedy shows

[@tuberworksjones]

Oh do they still make comedy, I thought it was all stuff like Alaskan gold,or something about a fishing boat

[@anthonybeavan5648]

The bar was set a lot higher back then - there were only three TV channels in the UK, so programme quality had to be competitive to get viewers in. Even though Going Straight paled next to Porridge, it still had quality writing and a very talented presence in Ronnie Barker - not just a veteran comedian, but an excellent actor with impeccable timing, a craft he honed through many years of experience and talent.

[@highdownmartin]

Watching the last series of father Ted knowing that dermot Morgan was dead, it seemed less funny and not as good. But years later that was just my mood. Watching going straight at the time felt like “ it’s not porridge it’s not as good “. But forty years later ( naffin ell ! Really?) it’s still sharp writing, fletch is in civvies but clement frenais still give him excellent lines and the same outlook, there’s beckinsale and maybe that time away from it makes me think that this is way better than the credit I gave it at the time of transmission. And the two hander with Mac Kay on the train in ep 1 is right up there with the absolute best of superb acting and brilliant dialogue. That’s a real jewel

[@petersullivan2837]

Here aren’t many comedy shows that attract so many viewers that don’t need to resort to bad language

[@richarddowling912]

Brilliant 👏 15th August 2022 🍀🇨🇮

[@franzherflek4116]

Ivory coast flag??

[@vordman]

4.20. Not a sweeping generalization at all, he's spot on. And it's even worse today.

[@wadeashley1658]

Great stuff

[@wrightcarl1181]

Keep offf it! The sofa l mean! 😂

[@carlstirling103]

FLATCH SHUDDA WENT ON THE JIMMY BOYLE

[@ianinkster2261]

This is quite a nice parole job for an ex robber - is this feasible nowadays? I'd be up for it if it didn't destroy the daylife.

[@geoffreycarson2311]

RAZOR SHARP !!!!CANADA 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂g