Going Straight - Entire Series

Going Straight - Complete Series (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
173 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1978 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Sydney Lotterby

Written By:
Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais

Actors:
Ronnie Barker ..... Norman Stanley Fletcher
Patricia Brake ..... Ingrid Fletcher
Richard Beckinsale ..... Lennie Godber
Nicholas Lyndhurst ..... Raymond Fletcher
David Swift ..... Mr. McQueen (2 episodes, 1978)
Rowena Cooper ..... Shirley Chapman (2 episodes, 1978)

Synopsis:

After three series and two Christmas specials of Porridge, Fletcher finally gets released from prison in Going Straight. Following his release from Slade prison, after numerous spells in prison and at the age of 45, Fletcher tries to stick to the straight and narrow, but it isn't easy - life in the outside world is just not the same as it used to be. Will Fletch take to life on the outside - or will he yearn for the company of thieves and screws?
List of Episodes:
Episode 1: Going Home
Original Air Date-24 February 1978
Episode 2: Going to Be Alright
Original Air Date-3 March 1978
Episode 3: Going Sour
Original Air Date-10 March 1978
Episode 4: Going to Work
Original Air Date-17 March 1978
Episode 5: Going Going Gone
Original Air Date-31 March 1978
Episode 6: Going Off the Rails
Original Air Date-7 April 1978

Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Going Home
Original Air Date-24 February 1978
Fletch is finally released - after getting his coat stuck in the prison gates - and on the train home meets Mr. MacKay,who tells him he is retiring. Two men get on the train - Oaksey,known to Fletch,and the more military type,Tanner. Oaksey gives Fletch a bag to mind,which actually contains stolen jewels. The two men are arrested but MacKay inadvertently saves Fletch when the police board the train to question them by claiming that the bag is his.
Season 1, Episode 2: Going to Be Alright
Original Air Date-3 March 1978
Fletch goes to see his probation officer,who is disappointed that he has not got a job. Fletch explains that he was going to work in a cardboard box factory but his wife Isobel ran off with the owner. Fletch plans to dig up some loot he buried in a turnip field in Esssex before his imprisonment but when he gets to the field he finds that a housing estate has been built over it. At least the probation officer has got him a job - digging.
Season 1, Episode 3: Going Sour
Original Air Date-10 March 1978
Whilst in a cafe Fletch sees a young punk girl try to steal another man's wallet. He steps to save the situation and,on learning that the girl,Penny,has run away from home,takes her back to his house for a bath and a meal. Unfortunately she steals his daughter Ingrid's purse and Fletch feels let down. However,she comes to the house with her step-father to apologize and return the purse. Fletch plans to take the family out to celebrate but someone seems to have stolen his money.
Season 1, Episode 4: Going to Work
Original Air Date-17 March 1978
The probation officer gets Fletch a job as a night porter in a hotel,whose manager is aware that he has been in prison,though Fletch does not hit it off with the receptionist. He has qualms about returning to legitimate work and goes to the pub for a few drinks. Fortunately Ingrid and Godber,now an item,ensure he reports for duty on time.
Season 1, Episode 5: Going Going Gone
Original Air Date-31 March 1978
Fletch is well-regarded at the hotel though he is not too well off as his wages go on repaying Ingrid and Godber,now engaged for loans. An old lady called Mrs. Appleby comes to the hotel with some valuable jewels. Fletch also recognizes another guest,Worm Wellings,known for operating a scam with an old lady accomplice whereby he steals the lady's jewels,which are paste,but they claim on the insurance that they are expensive. Sure enough the jewels disappear but Mrs. Appleby is not a crook,she is a regular guest at the hotel. Fletch feels he will be blamed for the robbery but Wellings returns the jewels,claiming that Fletch has made him see the light. Actually it has more to do with the jewels being fakes.
Season 1, Episode 6: Going Off the Rails
Original Air Date-7 April 1978
Ingrid is marrying Lennie Godber but Fletch feels frustrated because his ex-wife and her partner are paying for the wedding when he feels that he should be. He is thus tempted when a man called Piper,whom he meets at an identity parade,offers him 500 pounds to act as look-out for a robbery due to be committed on the following Saturday morning just before the wedding takes place. Fletch goes along with Piper's plan but, before the heist is due to go off, visits a pet shop where,seeing animals in cages,he is reminded of his own time in prison which he does not want to repeat and passes up the job to go to the wedding instead.

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