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
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