Richard Beckinsale subject of an episode of "This Is Your Life". Beckinsale quit "Rising Damp" in 1977, the same year that "Porridge" was brought to an end with his character of Godber being released from his prison sentence in the final episode. He subsequently starred alongside Barker in "Going Straight", a spin-off of "Porridge" in which the two criminal characters are seen on the outside rebuilding their lives. In 1977, he starred in a radio comedy series called "Albert and Me" with Pat Coombs and John Comer. At the beginning of 1979, Beckinsale made a film version of "Porridge". It was to
Steve Moore (comics) UK he wrote "Hulk" and "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." stories in "Hulk Comic". He also wrote several stories in "Warrior", including, as Pedro Henry, a revival of his Axel Pressbutton character from "Sounds". He was featured in the anthology "A1" (including a strip with fellow-Fortean Hunt Emerson on "Fortean Times" in #2). He wrote "Young Tom Strong" and "Jonni Future" in "Tom Strong's Terrific Tales", a 12 issue anthology series from Alan Moore's America's Best Comics line. He wrote the novelisation of the film "V for Vendetta", based on the comics of the same name, by Alan Moore and