No character names were credited on screen. Names given bellow are taken from dialogue and therefore some of the spellings may be wrong. Where no name is given a character description is used instead.
| Regulars credited on the opening titles | |
| Ronnie Barker | Norman Stanley Fletcher |
| Regulars NOT credited on the opening titles | |
| Richard Beckinsale | Lenny Godber (eps 2, 4-6) |
| Patricia Brake | Ingrid Fletcher (eps 2-6) |
| Nicholas Lyndhurst | Raymond Fletcher (eps 2, 5, 6)[1] |
| Rowena Cooper | Shirley Chapman (eps 2, 4) |
| David Swift | Mr McQween (eps 4, 5) |
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| [1] Credited on eps 3 but does not appear | |
| By | Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais |
| Film Cameraman | Reg Pope[1] |
| Film Sound | Ron Blight[1] |
| Film Editor | Bill Wright[1] |
| Costume | Mary Husband |
| Makeup | Christine Walmesley-Cotham |
| Video Tape Editor | John Turner (eps 1, 5), Roger Harvey (eps 2, 4, 6), Matt Boney (eps 3) |
| Production Assistant | Mike Crisp |
| Lighting | John Dixon |
| Sound | Richard Chamberlain |
| Design | Tim Gleeson |
| Produced by | Sidney Lotterby |
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| Notes | |
| [1] Role not credited on eps 3 | |
| 1: Going Home | |
Transmitted: 24 February 1978 Cast: Mr Mackay (Fulton Mackay), Barman (Timothy Bateson), Mr Tanner (Norman Jones), Oaksey (Michael Turner), Mr Lacey (Milton Jones), McLaren (Tony Osoba), Mr Scotcher (Bunny May), Prison Officer (Paul McDowell) Story: It's release time from Slade prison for Norman Stanley Fletcher. After saying his goodbyes Fletcher boards a train for home intending to toast his freedom in the buffet car. However, an old friend and Mr Mackay spoil the party... |
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| 2: Going to be Alright | |
Transmitted: 3 March 1978 Cast: Painter & Decorator (Michael Stainton), House Owner (Norman Hartley) Story: Fletcher's wife has left him. The only income coming in to the Fletcher household comes from Ingrid, his daughter. Shirley, his probation officer, suggests he gets a job. However, Fletcher has a better idea. He has a nest egg and all he needs to get at it is a spade to dig it up with... |
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| 3: Going Sour | |
Transmitted: 10 March 1978 Repeated: 3 November 1978 Cast: Penny (Roberta Tovey), Toni (Freddie Earle), Percy (Ron Pember), Arthur Boyle (Dave Hill) Story: Fletcher is finding life out of prison hard. He can't find a job and the less said about his attempts at DIY the better. Then he meets Penny, a teenage runaway and tries to get her back on the straight and narrow. But is his faith in human nature justified...? |
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| 4: Going To Work | |
Transmitted: 17 March 1978 Cast: Pamela (Elizabeth Cassidy), Canadian Tourist (Stephen Tate), Barman (Eric Francis), Canadian Tourist (Vicky Spencer) Story: Fletcher visits his probation officer to find that she's got him a job interview as Night Security Officer at the Hotel Delphi. Fletcher goes to the interview and gets the job. However, as the time draws near to the job's first night, Fletcher begins to get cold feet... |
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| 5: Going, Going, Gone | |
Transmitted: 31 March 1978 Cast: Worm Wellings (Nigel Hawthorne), Mrs Appleby (Lally Bowers), Mr Smith (Donald Morley), Thomas Clifford Crowther (Peter Postlethwaite), Police Man (Martin Milman), Cheryl (Rikki Howard) Story: When Fletcher recognises one of the hotel guests as Worm Wellings, one of his fellow ex-inmates in jail Fletcher immediately fears the worst. When elderly Mrs Appleby books in his fears are confirmed. Wellings is running his old insurance scam again with Mrs Appleby as his accomplice. Fletcher has to think quickly if he is to keep his reputation intact. But is it all worthwhile? Has Fletcher read the signs right or not? |
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| 6: Going off the Rails | |
Transmitted: 7 April 1978 Cast: Dave Piper (Alfred Lynch), Sargent (Royston Tickner), Inspector (Robert Raglan), Line-up man (Bill Horsley), Mrs Gilchrist (Gwyneth Owen), "Casablanca" (Norman Scace), Shop Assistant (Val McCrimmon) Story: Fletcher is pulled in by the police to take part in an identity line-up. While in the line-up he meets an old acquaintance, Dave Piper, who offers him a part in his next job. Fletcher initially refuses but when Ingrid reveals that her mother will be paying for the reception at her forthcoming wedding to Godber, Fletcher starts to feel that he is not contributing enough to the family. Fletcher decides to take the easy way out and accepts the offer from Dave. Only problem is, the job is on the same day as the wedding...
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| Signature Tune | Tony Macaulay, Dick Clement |
 | Episode Guide compiled by Richard Spurr Posted: 9 July 1998 | |