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 2 - Going To Be Alright
Further details
Fletch's off to his first visit to his new parole officer and he has to break the news that not everything is as it seemed before he left prison. There is no job to go to and no loving wife waiting for him.
Instead there is eldest daughter Ingrid and surly, time-obsessed son Raymond. Oh and Ingrid's surprise house guest, Fletcher's ex-cellmate Lennie Godber.
But Fletch's mind is on a buried 'nest egg' and his plans for its retrieval. Ingrid isn't happy about it but he's determined to get his hands on the loot. Will the family's surveillance be enough to stop Fletch, will his conscience get the better of him, or will something else stand between man and money?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 3rd March 1978
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Ronnie Barker | Norman Stanley Fletcher |
Richard Beckinsale | Lennie Godber |
Patricia Brake | Ingrid Fletcher |
Nicholas Lyndhurst | Raymond Fletcher |
Rowena Cooper | Shirley Chapman |
Michael Stainton | Householder |
Norman Hartley | Decorator |
Dick Clement | Writer |
Ian La Frenais | Writer |
Sydney Lotterby | Director |
Sydney Lotterby | Producer |
Bill Wright | Editor |
Roger Harvey | Editor |
Tim Gleeson | Production Designer |
Tony Macaulay | Composer |
Dick Clement | Composer |