Going Straight
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1978
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Freshly released from Slade Prison, Norman Stanley Fletcher struggles to adapt to the changes of late 1970s Britain whilst holding down his first job. Stars Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Patricia Brake and Nicholas Lyndhurst.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Going Home
Further details
Fletcher's out and after a heartfelt goodbye to McLaren and a slight false start he's on the train and headed for his new life on the straight and narrow.
However, Fletch's first taste of freedom is marred by the appearance of his long-standing foe, Senior Prison Officer Mackay. But Mackay is not the only familiar face on the train home and the first temptation is not long behind the first beer!
Will Fletch resist the pull of his old life and do his old adversary a favour in the process?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 24th February 1978
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Ronnie Barker | Norman Stanley Fletcher |
| Fulton Mackay | Mr. Mackay |
| Timothy Bateson | Oaksie |
| Norman Jones | Mr. Tanner |
| Michael Turner | Mr. Scotcher |
| Milton Johns | Mr. Kirby |
| Tony Osoba | McLaren |
| Bunny May | Steward |
| Paul McDowell | Mr. Collinson |
| Dick Clement | Writer |
| Ian La Frenais | Writer |
| Sydney Lotterby | Director |
| Sydney Lotterby | Producer |
| Bill Wright | Editor |
| John Turner | Editor |
| Tim Gleeson | Production Designer |
| Tony Macaulay | Composer |
| Dick Clement | Composer |
Press
And Going Straight always has the copper-bottomed commodiously curved Ronnie Barker, looking like Father Christmas who has come to nick the toys.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 25th February 1978