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The Likely Lads is a comedy TV series that premiered on BBC Two on December 16, 1964. It has 3 seasons and 20 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 3 "Talk of the Town", aired on June 30, 2001.
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.
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20 episodes · 3 seasons
1964 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 61 years ago
E6
Terry enlists Bob's help to try to get rid of his sister's Italian boyfriend.
The Lads are offered the chance to emigrate to Australia.
Bob is offered a better job, in management.
E3
Terry finds an older girlfriend, and Bob finds a younger one.
E2
A lovelorn Bob is cheered up by a double date.
E1
The Lads return home from their first foreign holiday, pursued by a French girl they met in Spain.
1965 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 25 years ago
A wedding for one of Terry's relatives causes tongues to wag - "when are you and Bob going to get married, isn't it about time?".
After blowing all their money on the two demonstrators, Bob and Terry have to come up with ways of paying for their planned holiday.
While visiting a department store, Bob and Terry try to impress two pretty demonstrators by buying up most of their products.
Bob has a hangover and the events of the party the night before are a complete blank.
It never pays to criticise someone else's singing if you can't sing yourself.
Bob and Terry have a date with a couple of nurses who are leaving the area in a few days time.
1966 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 60 years ago
Bob signs up for the army As the weeks go by Terry starts to miss him and finally decides to join him only to discover that Bob has been discharged due to flat feet
While they await the start of a mate's stag night, Terry and Bob are pleased to see Duggie, an old friend who is now married with a baby. Taking pity on his lack of a social life, they keep him in the pub and get him drunk. At the same time they conclude that married life really does put a crimp in your happiness ...
After friends pull out of a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads, Bob persuades Terry to take up the offer when he explains that it would be a great way to meet girls. So it seems as Terry makes a date with Sally who runs the boatyard but Bob scuppers his plans when he launches the boat earlier than expected ... Terry is determined to take revenge.
Bob has had chicken pox and Terry has kept away from his friend for 3 weeks in order not to catch it. When he does pluck up the courage to see him, he finds Bob has grown a beard and this new facial decoration causes problems at work.
Bob and Terry are at the local dance hall and having little success finding a dance partner. They decide to split up to change their luck and Bob strikes lucky with Ursula who he arranges to meet the following day.
E3
Bob has bought a second-hand scooter and dreams of Sunday morning rides to the country with a "bird" on the back.
Bob has a dilemma - he is dating 17 year old Lorna Perrin and gets on well with her middle-class parents. Next door to the Perrin's is a vile old man who wears braces and spits - he is staying there while the owner is in Canada. The problem for Bob is the "vile" old man is Terry's grandad and he has to choose sides - a class war breaks out between the two ...
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 ...
Created by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Bettine Le Beau
Colette
Coral Atkins
Deirdre
Susan Jameson
Pat
Sheila Fearn
Audrey Collier
Bartlett Mullins
Mr. Clough
Don McKillop
Jack
Sandra Payne
Sheila Mills
Patricia Shakesby
Waitress
Yvette Rees
Freda Windsor
Anneke Wills
Judith Francis
Didi Perego
Sally Anne
Richard Moore
Arthur 'Blakey' Blake
Eric Dodson
Holgate
Michael Sheard
Nesbit
Martin Redpath
Roger
Veronica Lang
Cecile
The Likely Lads has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on June 30, 2001.
The most recent episode of The Likely Lads, Season 2 Episode 3 "Talk of the Town", aired on June 30, 2001.
The Likely Lads has 3 seasons with 20 episodes in total.
The Likely Lads first aired on BBC Two on December 16, 1964.
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