Richard Beckinsale Richard Beckinsale Richard Arthur Beckinsale (6 July 1947 – 19 March 1979) was an English actor, who played Lennie Godber in the BBC sitcom "Porridge" (along with its sequel series "Going Straight") and Alan Moore in the British ITV sitcom "Rising Damp". He is the father of actresses Samantha Beckinsale and Kate Beckinsale. Beckinsale was born in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, to an Anglo-Burmese father, Arthur John Beckinsale, and an English mother, Maggie Barlow. He left Alderman White Secondary Modern School at 15 with ambitions to become an actor, so while working in numerous manual jobs he enrolled at a Nottingham adult
Game On (UK TV series) with "Absolutely Fabulous" and "Father Ted"; the category was won by "Only Fools and Horses". All three series of the show are available on DVD. The first series DVD is the only one with any special features, which include Ben Chaplin's best moments as Matthew Malone from the first series, and character photo galleries. Game On (UK TV series) Game On (alternatively Two Men and a Blonde in Finland and The Game of Life in Portugal) was a British sitcom which ran for three series, and aired on BBC2 from 27 February 1995 to 6 February 1998. The central characters