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* HarsherInHindsight: Godber talking intimately about his then finance Denise in the first series episode "A Night In" becomes this in the second series episode "Heartbreak Hotel". Denise (who was never seen on the show) breaks off with Godber via a Dear John letter. In the earlier episode, Godber confides in Fletcher his worry about Denise waiting on Godber to be released from jail. Turned out she couldn't wait.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Godber talking intimately about his then finance Denise in the first series episode "A Night In" becomes this in the second series episode "Heartbreak Hotel". Denise (who was never seen on the show) breaks off with Godber via a Dear John letter.letter revealing that she has just married someone else. In the earlier episode, Godber confides in Fletcher his worry about Denise waiting on Godber to be released from jail. Turned out she couldn't wait.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series holds up better than most 1970s sitcoms as it is mainly set in a prison, though Fletcher purchasing a pint of beer and six packets of crisps for a pound (in "A Day Out") stands out. Nowadays you wouldn't get that for £10.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series holds up better than most 1970s sitcoms as it is mainly set in a prison, though Fletcher purchasing a pint two pints of beer and six packets of crisps for a pound (in "A Day Out") stands out. Nowadays you wouldn't get that for £10.would cost about £15.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series holds up better than most 1970s sitcoms as it is mainly set in a prison, though Fletcher purchasing a pint of beer and six packets of crisps for a pound (in "A Day Out") stands out. Nowadays there wouldn't be much change from £10.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series holds up better than most 1970s sitcoms as it is mainly set in a prison, though Fletcher purchasing a pint of beer and six packets of crisps for a pound (in "A Day Out") stands out. Nowadays there you wouldn't be much change from get that for £10.
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* HilariousInHindsight: A [[ScaryBlackMan black]], [[ViolentGlaswegian Scottish]] man with a violent streak? [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Not the last time it happened]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: A [[ScaryBlackMan black]], black]] [[ViolentGlaswegian Scottish]] man Scotsman]] with a violent streak? [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Not the last time it happened]].
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* FairForItsDay: Frequently throughout the series, jokes would be made about [=McLaren=] and Lukewarm which can come across as mildly racist or homophobic today. However, both characters were refreshingly unstereotypical by the standards of the time: despite being fey and slightly effeminate, Lukewarm was generally not a stock CampGay character and his sexuaity was not his only defining trait; meanwhile, [=McLaren=] was a fully rounded character rather than a [[UncleTomfoolery racial caricature]], and it was never suggested that his violent tendencies were due to his ethnicity. Note that ''Series/TheBlackAndWhiteMinstrelShow'' was broadcast on Creator/TheBBC for the entire run of the show.
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* FairForItsDay: Frequently throughout the series, jokes would be made about [=McLaren=] and Lukewarm which can come across as mildly racist or homophobic today. However, both characters were refreshingly unstereotypical by the standards of the time: despite being fey and slightly effeminate, Lukewarm was generally not a stock CampGay character and his sexuaity was not his only defining trait; meanwhile, [=McLaren=] was a fully rounded character rather than a [[UncleTomfoolery racial caricature]], and it was never suggested that his violent tendencies were due to his ethnicity. Note that ''Series/TheBlackAndWhiteMinstrelShow'' was broadcast on Creator/TheBBC for the entire run of the show.show, and is referenced in "The Hustler".
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** Creator/NigelHawthorne and Creator/PetePostlethwaite appear in episodes of ''Going Straight''.
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* TearJerker: Despite generally being a light hearted comedy for most of its run, the appropriately named "Heartbreak Hotel" as both Fletcher and Godber take turns in being depressed. While Fletcher's depression is short lived, it is Godber who is badly hit when he receives a Dear John Letter from his then finance Denise.
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* TearJerker: Despite generally being a light hearted comedy for most of its run, the appropriately named "Heartbreak Hotel" as both Fletcher and Godber take turns in being depressed. While Fletcher's depression is short lived, it is Godber who is badly hit when he receives a Dear John Letter from his then finance fiancée Denise.
