The Likely Lads
1964
📺 3 Seasons
🎬 20 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 30 min/episode
Comedy
Terry Collier and Bob Ferris are good friends. Terry was working class and secure in his life, whereas Bob was more aspirational, determined to work his way to a better place. Both viewed the others' worldview with disdain, but they were united by events, generally revolving around the pursuit of women.
Although 20 total episodes were filmed, only 10 are currently known to survive. There is one missing from the first season, three from the second, and six from the final run.
Seasons
Season 1
The Lads return home from their first foreign holiday, pursued by a French girl they met in Spain.
Season 2
Bob and Terry have a date with a couple of nurses who are leaving the area in a few days time.
Season 3
Bob's idea of a weekend away starts to interest Terry when he is told the place they are going to is full of beatniks - to him that means free love! They decide to hitch-hike but Terry gets blisters and complains all the way there. When they arrive they find the place they were going to stop in has been demolished and it is too late to get a bus or a train home. Their only salvation is the two young ladies camping in a nearby field ...
Crew
Producer
Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Network
BBC Two
Production
BBC
Keywords
northern englandfriendshipworking classnewcastle, englandsitcom