Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

Colour sequel to the hit 1960s sitcom, The Likely Lads. Terry returns from the army to discover his friend Bob is now engaged and looking to better himself

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Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? (1975, Radio 4)

Genre: Sitcom
Broadcast: 1973 - 1974
Channel: BBC One
Episodes: 27 (2 series)
Starring: James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Brigit Forsyth, Sheila Fearn, Bill Owen, Anita Carey, Joan Hickson, Olive Milbourne and others
Writers: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Producers: Jack Gilbert and Bernard Thompson

It's been over 5 years since the little mishap that left Terry in the Army and Bob discharged with flat feet in The Likely Lads.

Terry, now back in civilian life, returns to Newcastle to find that everything has changed - not least his friend Bob who is now engaged to be married and upwardly mobile in more ways than one.

There is no love lost between Terry and Bob's fiancee, Thelma, so reinvigorating their friendship will prove difficult at the best of times. It's not long before Bob is having doubts that the last person he needs in his life, right now, is Terry.

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