Going Straight is a British television sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale.

The programme also featured the appearance of Patricia Brake, reprising her role in Porridge, and Nicholas Lyndhurst.

Six episodes of Going Straight, all written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, were produced for the BBC.

A single series of six episodes was made and aired across 1978, attracting an audience of over 15 million viewers[1] and winning a BAFTA TV Award for Best Situation Comedy in March 1979.

The theme tune, sung by Ronnie Barker, detailed Fletch's determination to go straight, an ambition first laid out in the Porridge episode "Men Without Women":[4] This was released as 7-inch single by EMI records.