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Bob and Terry are assumed to be in their early 20s (when their ages are revealed in the later film, this puts both characters at around 20 when the series started). After growing up at school and in the Scouts together, Bob and Terry are working in the same factory, Ellison's Electrical, alongside the older, wiser duo of Cloughie and Jack.
Mar 12, 2023 · Broadcast on December 24, 1974, it was the last episode ever made, following the earlier 26 episodes aired across two series. In it, we see Terry taking his driving test when he unexpectedly...
Dec 16, 2021 · We first met a youthful Terry Collier and Bob Ferris on this day in 1964. It was Wednesday, December 16, and a promising television series, the Likely Lads, was making its debut.
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The enduring success of The Likely Ladsowes much to its timeless humour, its nostalgia for the past, and the camaraderie between its two Geordie characters. "The only thing to look forward to is the past", goes the lyric of the title song of the TV series. The song and the sitcom spoke volumes about the social and economic revolution of the Sixties...
In Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads Terry returns from a stint in the army and tries to find work in a North East that has changed dramatically since he's been away. His attempts to find a new role is a tale of the times, and is as powerful a piece of social commentary as a groundbreaking drama like The Boys from the Blackstuff. In the film of ...
Bob and Terry are sometimes accused of being Geordie stereotypes, but there is a warmth and restless edge to the characters which cuts through the stereotypical image of the macho male. Terry is renowned for his bigoted views and old-fashioned attitudes, but he's also a moaner and a cynic, criticising all and everything around him. Bob is strugglin...
The Likely Ladsstruck a chord with audiences around the country, with 27 million viewers at its peak. Bob and Terry were like real people, the sort of lads you might meet down the pub on a night out in Newcastle. Geordie heroes Ant and Dec are big fans and they can remember watching the programme when they were kids. They were inspired by watching ...
The Likely Ladswas a revolution in television - there were no other programmes set on Tyneside when it was first broadcast. Writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais explain how difficult it was to break the mould. "You couldn't have cast anything on Tyneside - there weren't enough Geordie actors then," they recall. In fact none of the main actors in...
Today's Newcastle is vastly different from Tyneside in 1964, but what would Terry make of the city 40 years on? "He'd find plenty to moan about, but he'd see what the city had achieved architecturally and culturally, and he'd be proud," says his creator Ian La Frenais. La Frenais believes that Bob and Thelma with their aspirations and attempts at s...
The Likely Lads ended in 1966 after three series. It returned in 1973 as Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, and picked up the story with Terry returning from the army to find Bob settled into...
Best mates, Bob Ferris (serious and sensible with flared lapels and fat ties) and Terry Collier (wild and wayward Labour supporter content with a few pints and an occasional leg-over) had embarked on an orgy of birds and booze around the north-east of England in the sixties in The Likely Lads.
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Dec 16, 2019 · 55 years of Bob and Terry. age and that was definitely set in Newcastle. The title sequence begins and straight away says ‘this is Newcastle. In fact, this is Newcastle and it’s changing’,” said La Frenais. The two writers struck comedy gold.
