Episode guide
The Likely Lads - Rocker
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The Likely Lads - Rocker
More laddish fun with the original men behaving badly. With visions of Marlon Brando, Bob thinks a second hand motorbike will improve his sex appeal. Naturally, Terry scoffs!
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The Likely Lads - The Suiter
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The Likely Lads - The Suiter
James Bolam and Rodney Bewes are the original men behaving badly in this laddish sitcom. Terry takes an instant dislike to his sister's latest boyfriend - a hairdresser.
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The Likely Lads - The Other Side of the Fence
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The Likely Lads - The Other Side of the Fence
The timeless sitcom by Clement and Frenais about two Geordie lads for whom beer and girls are the order of the day! Bob is offered a job in management.
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The Likely Lads - Last of the Big Spenders
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The Likely Lads - Last of the Big Spenders
A recently unearthed 1965 episode of the original laddish sitcom. Look out for the late Wendy Richard - AKA Albert Square's Pauline Fowler - in a cameo role.
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Series 1
A Special Christmas Edition
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A Special Christmas Edition
Classic 70s sitcom. Bob and Thelma are determined to enjoy Christmas but when he passes his driving test, Terry creates one or two problems for Bob.
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The Likely Lads - Goodbye to All That
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The Likely Lads - Goodbye to All That
'Buddy sitcom' from the writers of Porridge. Bob signs up for the army. Terry decides to join him only to discover that Bob has been discharged due to flat feet.
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The Likely Lads - Entente Cordiale
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The Likely Lads - Entente Cordiale
The original laddish sitcom. Apprentices Terry and Bob reminisce about the girls they met on a recent continental holiday, then one of the girls follows them home!
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The Likely Lads - Older Women are More Experienced
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The Likely Lads - Older Women are More Experienced
60s sitcom from Porridge scribes Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Terry tries to impress the new canteen manageress by offering to fix the fridge.
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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
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Stranger on a Train
Chucklesome sequel to The Likely Lads. After five years apart, the old pals meet by chance. Terry returns to civilian life, while marriage looms for Bob.
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Home Is the Hero
Brilliant 'buddy sitcom' from the early 1970s. Terry's return has been less than triumphant - his parents are away, it's cold and there's no food in the house.
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Cold Feet
Inspired 70s sitcom from the creators of Porridge. Bob is embroiled in preparations for his wedding to Thelma, but Terry's return has caused him to have doubts.
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Moving On
1970s sitcom sequel by the writers of Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen Pet. Terry is appalled at the changes in his home town. A job interview proves the final straw.
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I'll Never Forget Whatshername
Classic sitcom with the original men behaving badly. Terry tries to track down some of his old flames, but his probing produces embarrassing results.
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Birthday Boy
Buddy sitcom sequel. Bob throws a surprise party for Terry. But when Terry is blindfolded and led into the crowd, he criticises old pals, unaware that they are present.
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No Hiding Place
Perhaps the most well-remembered episode of the classic sitcom. Bob and Terry try to avoid hearing a football score before they watch a recording of the match on TV.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Laddish sitcom from the terrific team of Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Bob thinks Terry needs new mates, so invites him to a trendy dinner party.
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Storm in a Tea Chest
70s sitcom from the creators of Porridge. Terry helps Bob move his treasured possessions from his old house to the new one, but Thelma does not approve.
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The Old Magic
Rodney Bewes and James Bolam play chalk and cheese mates Bob and Terry in this 70s sitcom. Feeling nostalgic, the lads decide to chat up two women at a restaurant.
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Countdown
Iconic 1970s sitcom with James Bolam and Rodney Bewes. Mrs Chambers has grandiose plans for Thelma's wedding to Bob. But stirred up by Terry's ridicule, the men rebel.
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Boys' Night In
70s sitcom sequel from arguably Britain's finest comedy scribes - Clement and La Frenais. To Terry's dismay, Bob scorns the stag night tradition of drunken revelry.
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End of an Era
The classic sitcom about two ill-matched friends. 'Those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder' - does that include Terry Collier?
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Series 2
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
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Absent Friends
1970s comedy at its finest. Bob and Thelma begin their married life with a Norwegian honeymoon - far away from Terry's destructive influence.
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Heart to Heart
Clement and La Frenais' sitcom sequel. Terry is off his beer and making midnight visits to Bob's house to discuss the meaning and mystery of life. Could this be love?
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The Ant and the Grasshopper
Sitcom about two ill-matched friends, from the writers of Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen Pet. Bob's married life promises work, worry and wallpapering.
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One for the Road
Laddish laughs. According to Shakespeare, 'wine is a gentle stimulant and good companion' - and so is Terry on the night Bob gets breathalysed.
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The Great Race
The original men behaving badly. Bob and Terry challenge each other to a cross-country cycle race. Of course, you would expect the wily Terry to cheat - but Bob?
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Some Day We'll Laugh about This
Brilliant 1970s sitcom. Bob and Thelma go away to Scotland for the weekend, leaving Terry in charge of their new home. Will Bob never learn?
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In Harm's Way
Laddish comedy series from the creators of Porridge. After hurting his foot, Bob visits the hospital - where Terry now works as a porter.
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Affairs and Relations
Sitcom sequel that surpasses the original. Bob takes time away from Thelma to join Terry on a fishing trip. He's racked by guilt, but is not the guilty one.
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The Expert
Comedy gold from Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, the writers of Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Thelma has gone back to her mother, leaving Bob to bemoan his fate.
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Between Ourselves
Rodney Bewes and James Bolam are the original men behaving badly. Thelma is still at home with her mother, so it's up to Terry to soothe Bob's furrowed brow.
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The Go-Between
1970s sitcom sequel with James Bolam and Rodney Bewes as two mismatched mates. Bob becomes more and more depressed by Thelma's absence and Terry's housekeeping.
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Conduct Unbecoming
1973 sitcom sequel, by the creators of Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Terry has a golden rule: 'Do unto others as they would do unto you, but do it first'.
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The Shape of Things to Come
Sitcom gold. News of Uncle Jacob's death comes with a mixture of regret and relief for the Colliers. The funeral gives Bob an insight into his own future.
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Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
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Christmas Special 1974
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Series 1
Likely Lads
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Likely Lads
James Bolam and Rodney Bewes star in the original laddish sitcom. Bob's depressed when his girlfriend gives him the elbow, so Terry suggests they go on a double date.
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Likely Lads, The
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The Likely Lads
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