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 5 - Going Going Gone
Further details
Fletch has settled into his new job and receives his first pay packet. He takes it home to his loving family who waste no time in relieving him of its contents.
Later, at work, Godber pops in to try to tell Fletch that he and Ingrid are planning to marry, but Fletch thinks he's spotted an old scam and takes steps to foil the crime. By the time he realises he's made a mistake it's too late to put things right and it seems that all Fletcher can do is wait to be caught and sent straight back inside himself.
Will the thief's conscience get the better of him, or can nothing save Fletcher from another long stretch?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 31st March 1978
- Time
- 8:25pm
- 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 |
David Swift | Mr. McEwan |
Nigel Hawthorne | Wellings |
Lally Bowers | Mrs. Appleby |
Donald Morley | Giles |
Pete Postlethwaite (as Peter Postlethwaite) | Thomas Clifford Crowther |
Martin Milman | Nulty |
Rikki Howard | Cheryl |
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 |