Going Straight - S1 E5 Going, Going, Gone

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[@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!

[@thecovidprisoner]

Pure 100 % classic British comedy.

[@arkchibald-]

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

[@vinnysamways63]

We lost an absolute gem when Ronnie Barker passed away!

[@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

[@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 🤔👍

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@appledoreman]

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

[@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.

[@jmills1549]

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

[@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.

[@billmarsh1971]

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

[@breebw]

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

[@colinluby5950]

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

[@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.

[@TheBearuk1]

Wow the late great Pete Postlethwait in an early role!

[@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

[@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.

[@melpeddle7243]

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

[@Paul-fq9pj]

Lenny godber a fine head of hair and. A legend

[@aidjunkie5335]

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

[@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 😂😂

[@MrBazda]

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

[@idreesemahomed403]

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

[@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😂

[@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.

[@162sam]

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

[@neilreading3552]

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

[@m4al]

I recognized Sir. Humphrey's voice right away 🙂

[@cmdfarsight]

Thanks for the upload. Great fun.

[@mandysmith5275]

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

[@lifeontheroof2000]

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

[@clarea1801]

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

[@theculturedthug6609]

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

[@markwell4720]

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

[@DMEB]

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

[@mikewest1542]

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

[@Dannyvirk]

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

[@CarlBland-l8l]

It's so good

[@andrewhutton2262]

Even the facial expressions are perfect. Funny stuff

[@ac9110]

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

[@TimothyRice135]

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

[@LOBBYTHEROBBER]

Wow!! What a stellar cast.

[@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

[@grahamlait1969]

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

[@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.

[@2_thumbs_up_baby]

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

[@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

[@mustavertwang]

I certainly never saw that end coming !

[@dominiclagan]

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

[@benday1218]

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

[@algie-t2w]

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

[@stebishopnomad1838]

Absolutely brilliant love Ronnie sadly missed now

[@johnhanson5943]

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

[@Sameoldfitup]

Life is all memory

[@Snakebite2109]

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

[@Kemnaygeography]

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

[@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.

[@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 😟👏👏👏👏

[@asadbaig4422]

Always wondered what Sir Humphrey got up to at night XD

[@8704bretto]

Sir Humphrey Appleby!

[@robertpeston6692]

OMG it's him!!!!

[@jacksugden8190]

I remember pay packets. Long time ago.

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

Pay parade in the army too.

[@d12kiem7]

Netflix wishes they could write this kind of story

[@nickycotton6137]

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

[@redeoghan]

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

[@jonamore2102]

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

[@airforce82]

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

[@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. " 😁

[@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?

[@tonyireland2234]

Looks like the set from faulty towers !

[@edwardcooper5479]

Scraping the burnt toast lol

[@Thetache]

Love the efficient reuse of the Fawlty Towers set !

[@briancahill2136]

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

[@mattydon3032]

Legend RIP

[@arabianseagull]

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

[@100Noddy]

more like 45

[@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

[@GavinR34]

I love porridge and going straight but dear lord Ingrid's voice... Bloody horrendous

[@MirageMusicUk]

Horrible isn't it, almost unbearable, only complaint about this show.

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

Very true, but she's still strangely quite nice otherwise

[@cmdfarsight]

That's the humour of it :)

[@DomWeasel]

What always amuses me is that her real voice sounds nothing like that; she's rather posh.

[@rorymckernan502]

The way she says Dad. 😂

[@simonmorley8403]

Fine writing: set up and resolution. Great.

[@hellooohowareudoing]

5:39, Fletch still getting one over on the law!

[@100Noddy]

Ronnie Barker was bloody genius

[@robalexander8065]

Odd that Fletcher thinks Mackay would be at Slade to "welcome" him, given Mackay has left the prison service in episode one.

[@MrBazda]

Don't think he had retired at that point. But due to be.

[@KebabMusicLtd]

@@MrBazda That's my reading of it. In the first episode it was suggested that he was coming-up for the possibility of early retirement, which doesn't mean he was finished all together, and someone like PO Mackay would have worked his remaining time at the prison right up until the very second his retirement took effect. Of course, for the sake of this sitcom I guess they wanted to put the two adversaries in a situation on the outside which would allow them to end their 'antagonism' on a mutual respect basis... I think it would have been harder for this sitcom to succeed without some reference to MacKay who was such a central character to Porridge.

[@glennqualters7377]

Ronnie Barker, Genius, Sadly Missed

[@Teaandcrumpets134]

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

[@daverobbo87]

Is it just me, or was the hotel set the same one used in Fawlty Towers, the layout's the same 😊

[@davidfelix2594]

Layout is nothing like Fawlty Towers...😏

[@Nickpaintbrush]

Definitely Fawlty Towers set!

[@KebabMusicLtd]

Very similar. Considering that this was filmed and screened a couple of years after the first series of FT and a few months before the second, I am wondering if maybe the BBC simply used the only 'hotel' set they had available. Or perhaps the FT set was still available and they adapted it slightly.

[@scottandrewbrass]

@@Nickpaintbrush 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@highdownmartin]

There’s similarities but GS is much more claustrophobic like a west end boarding house would be. FT is way more spacious.

[@nazirvania9365]

Absolute class! 😀

[@hermanthetosser4219]

5:31 - is that a young jim Davidson?

[@musictube250]

Pretty sure that hotel is the Faulty Towers set redressed

[@josephparry2229]

Memories fantastic,

[@Leonf123]

Sir humphrey appleby !!! Nigel hawthorne the legend

[@jamesedgewood4643]

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

[@debodevil6974]

I used to remember me old Grandad say about Porridge, This, Open all hours, Rising Damp, Steptoe n Son, Only fools all these been funny without bein vulgar n swearing all the time. All these years later I now know exactly what he means

[@SillySausage-mq3so]

So many cameos :)

[@robertpeston6692]

I miss those 70s hair cuts, now if you have long hair people ridicule you as being either a poof or a girly boy