The Likely Lads. Image shows from L to R: Terry Collier (James Bolam), Bob Ferris (Rodney Bewes). Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

The Likely Lads
The Likely Lads. Image shows from L to R: Terry Collier (James Bolam), Bob Ferris (Rodney Bewes). Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

The Likely Lads

Bob and Terry are two lads from the North East with contrasting desires and ambitions - except when it comes to chatting up girls

Genre:
Sitcom
Broadcast:
1964 - 1966  (BBC Two)
Episodes:
21 (3 series)
Starring:
James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Bartlett Mullins, Donald McKillop, Sheila Fearn, Olive Millbourne
Writers:
Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Production:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Two deeply contrasting teenagers learn to cope with working life in the North-East. Bob is ambitious, a social climber and willing to work to attain his aspirations - Terry, on the other hand, is out for a good time and wants nothing more than beer, lasses and football.

Our Review: Astonishingly popular series that elevated the fledgling channel to Top 20 status by the end of it's run. The characters were to develop further when the series was brought back as Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads in the early Seventies, and proved to be even more popular in colour!