The Likely Lads
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1964 - 1966
- 20 episodes (3 series)
Bob and Terry are two lads from the North East with contrasting desires and ambitions - except when it comes to chatting up girls. Stars James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Bartlett Mullins, Donald McKillop, Sheila Fearn and Olive Milbourne
- Series 1, Episode 1 repeated Saturday at 6:30pm on BBC2
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1964 - 1966
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 20 (3 series), plus 1 short special
- Stars
- James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Bartlett Mullins, Donald McKillop, Sheila Fearn and Olive Milbourne
- Writers
- Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
- Director
- Dick Clement
- Producer
- Dick Clement
- Company
Two deeply contrasting young working class men learn to cope with working and social life in the North-East.
Bob is ambitious: aspiring to a better life, a (wannabe) social climber and willing to work to attain his aspirations, but somewhat lacking in self-confidence. Terry, on the other hand, is up-front and assertive: deeply cynical and living in the here-and-now. Out for a good time, he wants nothing more than beer, lasses and football. Despite their differences the pair are near inseparable, through a series of hare-brained schemes, dates and adventures.
At 19 years-old theirs may be a world largely free of responsibility, but somewhere there's a nagging feeling that their youth won't last forever...
Additional details
- Part of
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Black and white
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 16th December 1964 at 9:55pm on BBC Two
- Next repeats
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- Series 1, Episode 1: Saturday at 6:30pm on BBC2
- Most recent repeats
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- Saturday 25th February 2012 at 7:00am on Gold - Series 1, Episode 4
- Saturday 25th February 2012 at 6:30am on Gold - Series 1, Episode 3
- Saturday 31st December 2011 at 8:05am on Gold - Series 2, Episode 4
Recording details
- BBC Television Centre