Rent The Very Best of: Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1974)
3.9 of 5 from 46 ratings
2h 55min
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- Synopsis:
A pick of the best episodes from the follow-up to the earlier 'The Likely Lads', where Terry Collier (James Bolam) has returned from the army to find his northern home town and its inhabitants changed beyond recognition. Out of contact during the intervening years, his best friend Bob Ferris (Rodney Bewes) has settled into a respectable job and is engaged to his boss's daughter.
Stranger on a Train
"I missed it all - death of censorship, new morality, Oh Calcutta! topless waitresses, see-through knickers..." Terry's been away for five years and all that's changed is that Cloughie's retired and brought a newsagents...
Home Is the Hero"I didn't expect freedom of the city, but when you've been serving your country for five years, I expect more than a cup of tea and a cream cracker". Terry has a cold welcome until bob offers him a bed...
Cold Feet
Bob has doubts about his forthcoming marriage. All his friends seem to be getting divorced...even the vicar.
No Hiding Place
The lads are desperate not to know the soccer results until the TV recording. But with eight hours to go...it seems events are conspiring against them.
Count Down
Mrs. Chambers has grandiose plans for Thelma's wedding to Bob. But stirred up by Terry's ridicule, the men decide to rebel...
Boys Night In
To Terry's horror, Bob flounts the eve of wedding stag night tradition, insisting instead on a quiet night in. But the best laid plans of men…- Actors:
- James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Brigit Forsyth, Sheila Fearn, Pamela Conway, Anita Carey, Norman Mitchell, Bill Owen, Elizabeth Lax, Olive Milbourne, Robert Gillespie, Juliet Aykroyd, Donald Gee, James Mellor, Michael Stainton, Jacquie-Ann Carr, Julian Holloway, Joan Hickson, Barbara Ogilvie, Tony Haygarth
- Directors:
- James Gilbert, Bernard Thompson, Dick Clement
- Producers:
- Bernard Thompson, James Gilbert
- Writers:
- Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Comedies, TV Sitcoms
