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Going Straight

1978 · 1 season

A gentle, warm-hearted sitcom about a man trying to stay on the straight and narrow, with plenty of gentle laughs and family warmth.

Created by
Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Ronnie Barker, Timothy Bateson, Pete Postlethwaite
Overview
Going Straight is a BBC sitcom which was a direct spin-off from Porridge, starring Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher, newly released from the fictional Slade Prison where the earlier series had been set. It sees Fletcher trying to become an honest member of society, having vowed to stay away from crime on his release. The title refers to his attempt, 'straight' being a slang term meaning being honest, in contrast to 'bent', i.e., dishonest. 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. Her brother Raymond was played by a teenage Nicholas Lyndhurst. Only one series, of six episodes, was made in 1978. It attracted an audience of over 15 million viewers and won a BAFTA award in March 1979, but hopes of a further series had already been dashed by Beckinsale's premature death earlier in the same month.

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Created by
Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Ronnie Barker, Timothy Bateson, Pete Postlethwaite
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • redemption
  • identity
  • parenthood
  • loyalty
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
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Starring
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Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 30 min each
Network
BBC One
Languages
English

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