TV Series

Series Name:	Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
Format:	TV Series
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Years:	1973 - 1974
Country:	UK
Language:	English
Genre:	Sitcom
Rating:	9.3 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	21 Have Seen
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Selected Cast	James Bolam as Terry Collier
	Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris
	Brigit Forsyth as Thelma
	Sheila Fearn as Audrey

On DVD & Blu-ray World

DVD

Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? Series One - BBC - UK (2006)

DVD

Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? Series 2 - BBC - UK (2006)

Comments and Reviews


Monolith ● 18th May 2015		Tis a pleasure matey, just make the cheque out to cash and send it to the usual address.



biffbampow 18th May 2015		Thanks Monolith. :)



Monolith ● 18th May 2015		I'm pretty sure Bennett choose the football result episode if I recall correctly (I'm old and prone to idiocy these days) so I'm probably wrong.



biffbampow 18th May 2015		Gawd, I still love this show. I never talk about it... (cue feeble rub of the leg...)



Monolith ● 18th May 2015		Gawd, I still love this show.



biffbampow 14th May 2015		Yes, what remains of the original series is really good and enjoyable. Apart from the mention of him in the first episode it would had been nice to have seen Cloughie in an episode or two of this later series. But that was also the difference - in the original series, they were wannabe jack the lads, young free and single whereas this time round, married and divorced. My only bugbear is how Clement and LaFrenais screwed up their own history since in the later series, Terry went into the army in 1967 and there's a few references to the coach trip to Blackpool that year where Terry copped off with Thelma whilst Bob was enjoying himself with another lady back at home. As is obvious Terry went into the army in 1966, so that discrepancy always bugs me.



RadoxTheGreen 14th May 2015		I preferred the original series "The Likely Lads". It was black & white and set in a factory. Most of what I remember revolved around the lads dating the factory girls. In the end titles of Whatever Happened you see kids playing in the ruins of the demolished factory. Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? was created to promote the introduction of colour TV. The BBC wanted a colour show that people would tune in to watch. Because The Likely Lads was so popular, they chose to do a sequel series set after Terry's return from the army.



biffbampow 13th May 2015		For me, an absolute masterpiece, and I don't use the M word lightly. Yes, of course it's aged, it's over 40 years old and Rodney Bewes' haircut is almost terrifying - especially in the first series - but this is the most enjoyable comedy series I've ever seen. I first saw it when BBC2 repeated the lot in the mid 1990's and I just loved every moment. James Bolam's Terry Collier is just a great comic creation. The finest episode for me is "Boys Night In" - when Bob refuses to go out on a stag night so he and Terry spend the night in. 90% of that episode is just the two of them and it's just wonderful writing and acting. Clement and LaFrenais wrote quality stuff but this series was their finest hour. The most famous episode is the one where they try to avoid the football results. Not one bad episode, all flowed neatly. Strangely enough the movie which came after is one of the very rare instances where a film of a TV show worked even if they did resort to the cliche of sending them on holiday for a part of it. A huge pity Bewes and Bolam had the big fallout just after they made that. I find myself watching this once every couple of years - the whole lot in order. Never fails to delight and amuse me and actually, a new viewing is due any time. Now here's a question I hope one of you can answer because I'd love to know. Alan Bennett once chose his favourite episode of this during some BBC season where they showed TV shows he liked or was inspired by - would have been late 80's maybe very early 90's. I just remember he chose one episode of this. I didn't see it, but being an admirer of some of Bennett's work, I'm curious to find out which episode he singled out. Does anybody know?



shnozzle 13th May 2015

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