As a teenager I would look in disdain at my parents watching stuff like this as I was going out or coming in. Now I realise how good all comedy was back then and it also makes me miss my parents more than I can say.

@rafflesxyz4800

Жыл бұрын

Bet you drove a Toyota too eh son? Come on let's be aveing you....

@robertsmith3672

Жыл бұрын

@@rafflesxyz4800 That's odd I drove a Toyota when I lived down Letsbey avenue.

@fjccommish

Жыл бұрын

Your disdain was well placed.

@S-dizzle2823

Жыл бұрын

Beautifully wrote x

@sabejreid2072

Жыл бұрын

Join the club! Proud youth we all were - and difficult to accept the same dished out, now I’m older!

Pure 100 % classic British comedy.

We lost an absolute gem when Ronnie Barker passed away!

Ronnie Barker and Leonard Rossitor could carry the weight of their entire comedy sitcoms during this era. Brilliant!

Ronnie Barker, Pete Postlethwaite and Nigel Hawthorne. Character acting really doesnt get better than this unless Daniel Day Lewis turns up. Absolutely brilliant.

@TheRowlandstone73

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Day-Lewis, who did his own Porridge with Pete Postlethwaite years later in the 1993 film 'In The Name of The Father'! :)

@johnniethepom7545

Жыл бұрын

Nobody will ever beat David Jason as the old lag Blanco in an episode of Porridge . He was so good , I had to check the credits to confirm it was really him .

@johnnunn8688

Жыл бұрын

I don’t recall them being in it?

@daffyduk77

Жыл бұрын

Postlethwaite was pretty good in "the Muscle Market" - an Alan Bleasdale drama

@lulug4283

Жыл бұрын

David Jason too 🤔👍

Come on Billy Graham…. This is a brilliant episode, so much plot packed into 29 minutes, so many great lines, better safe than sorry, then fletch muttering I preferred the three bears. And moments of serious life lessons as well. Just bloody great, excellent work.

An entertainer is a person whose job or goal is to perform for the amusement of others.Ronnie Barker one of the best A legend

I'm 27 born 1992 and this is by far one if the best shows by far

@raflaughter3474

3 жыл бұрын

If you haven't seen it yet, watch Porridge. This is the sequel to that show. When Fletch and Godber were in prison. Just as good as this.

@scottandrewbrass1931

Жыл бұрын

Porridge is infinitely better.

@worzelthestud

Жыл бұрын

you also need to search for 'Clarence' also a great one of his

Brilliantly written and acted!. Todays so called comedy shows could take note of how comedy should be done!. 🤣

@kingy002

Жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with British comedy today! Different, but just as good as ever.

I love the way Rodney just pops in every other episode.

@alanmorgan8647

Жыл бұрын

Rodney? I thought his name was Dave!

@PNETriffid

Жыл бұрын

@@alanmorgan8647 Don't be a plonker.

@andymoore9977

Жыл бұрын

@@PNETriffid Raymond?

@jaybob-uh8hm

Жыл бұрын

Rodney, you mean Nicholas Lyndhurst.

@PNETriffid

Жыл бұрын

@@jaybob-uh8hm No, I mean Gary from Goodnight Sweetheart.

Such a shame they never got to make another couple of series, it's a classic show.

@irielion3748

6 жыл бұрын

Jaime Kendler-Arnold Beckindale died suddenly. No chance.

@paulfrewzy7374

3 жыл бұрын

Make hey awhile thee sun Shall shine However Quit While one's Ahead Is the key to style. )0(

@robalexander8065

2 жыл бұрын

"Arnold Beckindale" was Richard Beckinsale's autocorrect brother....

@angusmeigh5141

2 жыл бұрын

They could have found a replacement actor for Richard Beckinale. But I think the BBC wanted to kill off TV series.

@michaelgrace1298

2 жыл бұрын

@@angusmeigh5141 Ronnie didn't want to do it without him

Holding down a job is the greatest feeling in the world, especially a night shift

Ronnie Barker one of the best men of comedy he was very underestimated he deserved much more credit for Ronnie Barker was the man with the gags that made us laugh and still makes us laugh in 2022/23

Some nice twists in this episode - right up to the last minute. Class writing.

3:05 "Mulligatawny or ox tail (soup)". He would use this in Open All Hours when Mavis has trouble choosing soup.

Has anyone noticed the ad on the notice board for I love my wife, the play Richard Beckinsale was doing at the same time as this.

THE BRITS KNOW HOW TO DO COMEDY. ALWAYS FUNNY . ALWAYS ENTERTAINING. BIG THUMBS UP. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS PUTTING OUT THE BEST .

@seanfitz79

Жыл бұрын

Wtf you shouting for?

@irielion3748

5 ай бұрын

Don't SHOUT! Where are you from then?

@edwardkerrigan5356

2 ай бұрын

Knew how to do comedy - not any more.

Wow the late great Pete Postlethwait in an early role!

My forebears "oh yeah, one more than Goldilocks"....! Genius.

I haven't given this series the same degree of attention as Porridge. Thanks for the upload. Different chemistry, same inimitable Barker performance. Lovely

When TV was good , enjoyed that .....took me right back.

Never really watched this series properly but now I have I must say its very good...:-)

@TheRowlandstone73

6 жыл бұрын

Same here. For some reason, I was always wrongly under the impression that this series was a failure and bombed, but of course it was obviously the sad death of Richard Beckinsale that halted it. I'm very pleasantly surprised by how good it is.

@theculturedthug6609

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRowlandstone73 Yes the show ended after Richards sad death they couldn't go on without him, although they were asked too. But I suppose it just wouldn't be the same. I would really like to have seen more of this show and how it all played out over the coming years.... You neve know they could have ended up back in Slade Prison.

Pay packet arrives... money immediately goes pouring out. Nothing left, another month to limp through running on vapours. I know that feeling!

@martinworld7214

3 ай бұрын

week

@Remnants100

2 ай бұрын

​@@martinworld7214- True enough, it was always a weekly pay packet in those days.

Lenny godber a fine head of hair and. A legend

This episode and the very 1st one the best, this is the best story by far, very ingenious!

"I have a lot to do of a morning! I have to get you off..." Couldn't use such terminologies in this day and age 😂😂

Great to see Pete Postlethwaite in an early role. Fantastic actor.

Barker, Beckinsale and Nigel Hawthorne! Sadly all gone, but always a joy and a delight to watch on YT.

@russelltofts7233

Жыл бұрын

Add to that sad list, Patricia Brake, who died in 2022.

@nigecheshire9854

Жыл бұрын

Add to that Pete Postlethwaite

You got a lot of contacts. You no ever bent person around.😂🤣😂 Well written line.

It's Betty from Hi-de-Hi at 11:18. The other actor playing her "husband" was a favorite of David Croft and Jimmy Perry also; Donald Morley, he was in Dad's Army, Open All Hours, Grace and Favour and more!!

@Zephaniah3verse17

Жыл бұрын

Yes - Rikki Howard. I'm ploughing through Hi-De-Hi on Gold at present, thought I recognised the face.

@Remnants100

2 ай бұрын

Yes, the Hotel Manager also played a suicidal manic depressive in an episode of Rising Damp alongside a young Richard Beckinsale.

The old boy with the blonde, is in open all hours, asking for directions, whom Arkwright wants to charge 😀

5p for the gas meter. 1980 it went up from 5p a week to 50p a day in our flat.

@highdownmartin

4 ай бұрын

British Gas suddenly had shareholders to feed

I recognized Sir. Humphrey's voice right away 🙂

Glad I discovered this series .. Makes me smile watching it.

Rewatching all Going Straight - absolutely fantastic!!! Just love Ronnie Barker! Thanks for uploading all these.

I can't imagine why BBC didn't like this, I think it's bloody brilliant. 😘

@nickycotton6137

2 жыл бұрын

Aye, agreed.. (bl**dy right ;-)

@callumwhite516

Жыл бұрын

They did like it, they didn’t carry it on because Richard Beckinsale died suddenly and Ronnie didn’t want to carry on without him

@doddyvanstraaten2774

Жыл бұрын

@@nickycotton6137 What on earth has John and Connie got to do with it? They wrote Faulty Towers not Going Straight.

@nickycotton6137

Жыл бұрын

@@doddyvanstraaten2774I know/❤ the "What on earth" bit!!! 😢. Never mentioned 'Going Straight'! Not sure why comment is here tbh.😕..✌(edit: Was watching a clip of FT's & this after probably. They did say that wouldn't do anymore episodes of it in a John Cleese 'Docu''. Gave reason's, but can't recall tbh!)

@nickycotton6137

Жыл бұрын

@@doddyvanstraaten2774Preachy idiot.

Brilliant dint know this was a program love ronnie Barker. 😊❤💙❤💙

Apart from Nicholas Lyndhurst they are all gone now. Great characters.

Thanks for the upload. Great fun.

Ronnie Barker 100% class actor 👏 Loved everything he was in.

Extraordinary talents - Nigel H, Ronnie B and Richard B - excellent combination. Thanks.

Fun fact. The prison gates at the beginning of the programme are by St Albans city train station and still look the same.

Even the facial expressions are perfect. Funny stuff

Sir Humphrey wouldn't be seen dead in a hotel like that ;-)

This was awesome, first time i've seen it. Thank you for posting

Brilliant and what a cast! Haven’t seen since when it was first broadcast.

Absolutely brilliant love Ronnie sadly missed now

It's such a shame this series didn't catch on - it was well written, well acted and very funny, and the writers and Ronnie B did an excellent job in developing the character of Fletcher outside the confines of Slade prison.

@ShadowKingRPG

7 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing you don't know the reason as to why this show never carried on, Richard Beckinsale, the guy who played Lennie Godber died tragically from a heart attack aged 31, Ronnie B refused to act or work for days because he was mourning the loss of a dear friend

@CarlB_1962

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. The death of the gifted Richard B at such an early age was a tragedy.

@martinpowell5769

5 жыл бұрын

Carl B Absolutely agree

@georgeelmerdenbrough6906

5 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowKingRPG Oh , Dear Lord . I had no idea . What a loss . I have just discovered this series and had hoped for more than one season . What a shock to discover why there is just the one .

@michaelgrace1298

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 he died in the middle of filming this an another comedy called Bloomers, David Swift was in bloomers too,David also appeared as Mr Grey in rising damp with Richard

Wow!! What a stellar cast.

Going Straight was great to watch (10/09/2022)

Always wondered what Sir Humphrey got up to at night XD

Sir Humphrey Appleby!

@robertpeston6692

5 жыл бұрын

OMG it's him!!!!

Memories fantastic,

Absolute class! 😀

That clock in the office is as dead as a doornail.

'I heard you hadn't got another one' - great line

I certainly never saw that end coming !

I came into this with low expectations because it only got the one season, pretty great stuff though. A fantastic Christmas surprise.

Legend RIP

Loved it

This was pure class, I can't believe it only ran for one series. Maybe it was because we were spoiled rotten in the 70's for classy comedy?. I love this episode in particular, the acting from everyone is just wonderful.

@Maryonpark

8 жыл бұрын

+dilwich123 Yes, I think it was planned. That's such a shame. The writing/acting was top drawer.

@Paul-fq9pj

7 жыл бұрын

Well said

@irielion3748

6 жыл бұрын

Andy D Beckindale died suddenly.

Fine writing: set up and resolution. Great.

Raymond, the gormless teenage son, something's never change.

I remember pay packets. Long time ago.

@Thepourdeuxchanson

7 ай бұрын

Pay parade in the army too.

Awe, you legend. Absolute quality Tele' showS to revisit & this episode fondly recall.

I think a second series could have been done easily. Don't forget this was made in 77/78 the Porridge movie was made in 79... so time before R.B tragically died was there for a second... But looking on the other hand at least we got these gems...

Love them

If it was genuine 😂 genius 😂

It's a nice touch that the police car was a Ford Consul which is I think the same car as they used in The Sweeney around that time

@jaz7232

Жыл бұрын

Ford Granada 😟👏👏👏👏

Fletchers daughter Ingrid died last year in real life....R.I P

And today we have Mrs brown's boys,jeez.

@highdownmartin

Жыл бұрын

BBC iPlayer. Check out the remade porridge. Script by clement frenais and good actors in it. It’s not fletch it’s his grandson in for it fraud. Highly recommend it, sharp neat stories and some real cracking lines. Just like this episode.

@dps8435

Жыл бұрын

@@highdownmartin are you kidding,utter rubbish,just like every other remake,Ronnie Barker's timing & comedy writing was the best,why can't they just leave these classics alone,everything the BBC touches turns to sh*t.

@highdownmartin

Жыл бұрын

@@dps8435 did you actually watch it? I thought it was a great way to carry on without making it any sort of carbon copy.

@dps8435

Жыл бұрын

@@highdownmartin yeah,just hate remakes,shows lack of creativity,99 times out of 100 utter garbage & in today's climate of don't offend anyone usually as funny as being diagnosed with bowel cancer after winning the euro jackpot.

@highdownmartin

Жыл бұрын

@@dps8435 give a go. I’m of the same opinion the original is the best. But it’s new scripts with up to date themes. You’ll see the original shining through but there’s loads of real good moments, sharp writing, inventive dialogue. It’s as good as because it’s the same writers and they’re shit hot. Trust me.

Thank you

Love the efficient reuse of the Fawlty Towers set !

Netflix wishes they could write this kind of story

Ronnie B. The greatest comedy writer ever R I P...................Thanks for all the laughts..

Seen my earphones? why what ya wanna do listen to ya rice crispy's 😅🤣

so sir humphrey really had a moving past, aye? glad 'ol humphy turned his life around

Great Fletcher and cast brilliant. Sadly times move on

Ronnie Barker was bloody genius

A very young Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rodney from Only fools and horses) as well.

Didn't Patricia Brake used to be in a sitcom called the Glums.

@Maryonpark

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, she played Eth lol. Excellent actress :-)

I'd never seen this before, it was 2 years before I was born. Better than the new rubbish, best actor for the job not like now

Ronnie Barker, Genius, Sadly Missed

It's been almost 30 years, brings back old memories watching these series

@100Noddy

Жыл бұрын

more like 45

@2:10 paypacket joke "Most of the gross has slippped through the net. " 😁

I wasn't expecting the ending..

Looks exacly like Faulty Towers hotel!!

I never noticed that Sir Nigel Hawthorne was in this episode. I was shocked when I realised. He's the actor who starred as Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, where I know him from. Brilliant.

Life is all memory

Can't help thinking the Band B is a Fawlty tower stage set

10.15 - Yes Minister!

Sir humphrey appleby !!! Nigel hawthorne the legend

Forebears...four bears....wonderful writing.....

this reminds me i want to watch Yes Minister

I love porridge and going straight but dear lord Ingrid's voice... Bloody horrendous

@MirageMusicUk

7 жыл бұрын

Horrible isn't it, almost unbearable, only complaint about this show.

@andrewphippsphillips1455

6 жыл бұрын

Very true, but she's still strangely quite nice otherwise

@starquant

6 жыл бұрын

She is the only woman in the show, naturally you would find fault.

@cmdfarsight

6 жыл бұрын

That's the humour of it :)

@DomWeasel

6 жыл бұрын

What always amuses me is that her real voice sounds nothing like that; she's rather posh.

Sir Humphrey before Hacker.

Odd that Fletcher thinks Mackay would be at Slade to "welcome" him, given Mackay has left the prison service in episode one.

@MrBazda

2 жыл бұрын

Don't think he had retired at that point. But due to be.

@KebabMusicLtd

Жыл бұрын

@@MrBazda That's my reading of it. In the first episode it was suggested that he was coming-up for the possibility of early retirement, which doesn't mean he was finished all together, and someone like PO Mackay would have worked his remaining time at the prison right up until the very second his retirement took effect. Of course, for the sake of this sitcom I guess they wanted to put the two adversaries in a situation on the outside which would allow them to end their 'antagonism' on a mutual respect basis... I think it would have been harder for this sitcom to succeed without some reference to MacKay who was such a central character to Porridge.

Is it just me, or was the hotel set the same one used in Fawlty Towers, the layout's the same 😊

@davidfelix2594

Жыл бұрын

Layout is nothing like Fawlty Towers...😏

@Nickpaintbrush

Жыл бұрын

Definitely Fawlty Towers set!

@KebabMusicLtd

Жыл бұрын

Very similar. Considering that this was filmed and screened a couple of years after the first series of FT and a few months before the second, I am wondering if maybe the BBC simply used the only 'hotel' set they had available. Or perhaps the FT set was still available and they adapted it slightly.

@scottandrewbrass

Жыл бұрын

@@Nickpaintbrush 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

@highdownmartin

Жыл бұрын

There’s similarities but GS is much more claustrophobic like a west end boarding house would be. FT is way more spacious.

i think that the big ends gone. now you see it now you don't. 😂😂😂😂😂

Looks like the set from faulty towers !