Richard Beckinsale "Bloody Kids", which then had to be re-cast. This role marked a change in direction for Beckinsale, being a more hard-nosed character than those he had played before. Three days after his death, "Going Straight" won a BAFTA award. Barker delivered a brief acceptance speech in tribute to his co-star. Plans had been drawn up to make a film version of Beckinsale's other successful sitcom "Rising Damp" and ultimately the film was made in 1980. Christopher Strauli was recruited to replace Beckinsale, playing a different character. In 2000, 21 years after his death, a documentary was broadcast on ITV in
Alan Moore his friend, comic-book writer Steve Moore, whom he had known since he was fourteen. Interested in writing for "2000AD", one of Britain's most prominent comic magazines, Alan Moore then submitted a script for their long running and successful series "Judge Dredd". While having no need for another writer on "Judge Dredd", which was already being written by John Wagner, "2000AD"'s editor Alan Grant saw promise in Moore's work – later remarking that "this guy's a really fucking good writer" – and instead asked him to write some short stories for the publication's "Future Shocks" series. While the first few were