A Likely Lad

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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. Due to a misunderstanding, Terry causes havoc between Bob and Thelma, leading Bob to get cold feet about the wedding. Self-mythology was always part of Doherty’s approach and you sense at times a weakness for a fanciful thought, such as the one about imagining Morrissey in intensive care with him, suffering from “suspended melancholy”. In the main he offers a fairly unvarnished recounting of his life, and if some of the exploits are carnivalesque, his narration, at least, is free from self-pity. He sometimes made use of tabloid curiosity, selling photographs and stories to pay debts, a naivety guiding his approach On the eve of his wedding, Bob refuses to have a stag night, preferring a quiet night in with a cup of cocoa and a game of Ludo. Terry nonetheless tries to get him in the party mood and, as a result, they end up in a police cell. Exterior shots were filmed on Tyneside and around the north-east, while interiors were shot at the BBC Television Centre in London.

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Two series of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads were made between 1970 and 1973 plus a Christmas SpecialBob "In the chocolate box of life, the top layer's already gone… and someone's pinched the orange cream from the bottom". Maurice "Memphis" Hardaker, a member of the lads' skiffle group, Rob Ferris and the Wildcats. He was also mentioned in the original 1960s series as colleague Morrie Hardaker Doherty said of his ghost-written book, 'the publishers cut all the best bits out.' For a man who has had more drugs than hot dinners, it's a marvel he remembers anything at all. Smooth talking TERRY persuades him that a small chain of pubs would be a good idea -with TERRY as overall Manager?

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In May 2011, The Tynemouth Priory Theatre, in Tynemouth, were granted the rights to become the first non-professional company to stage the production. It became one of the theatre's most attended productions, selling out well in advance for all performances. Terry was played by Brendan Egan and Bob by Stu Bowman.

Friends and neighbours

Bob is caught in the middle when Terry's granddad starts a feud with Bob's next-door neighbours, whose daughter is Bob's new girlfriend.

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You couldn't have cast anything on Tyneside - there weren't enough Geordie actors then," they recall.

Don't quote me - Famous banter...

Writing and production for the new show, which debuted in the autumn of 1974 and ran for three series, made it difficult to schedule a further series of The Likely Lads. Instead, Clement and La Frenais began to develop a one-off script, which became The Likely Lads feature film, which was eventually made in 1976. Only ten episodes survive (as film telerecordings) in the BBC's archives, as a result of its wiping policy of the time. However, the BBC Archive Treasure Hunt, a public campaign, continues to search for missing episodes. Of the ten remaining lost episodes, only 'The Razor's Edge' was not recorded as part of the radio adaptation series. Leslie Ferris, Bob's father (in the 1960s series, it was established that Bob's father is deceased) The thirteen episodes of the first series, aired in 1973, have a loose narrative thread. The early episodes focus on Terry's return to civilian life following his discharge from the army, whereas later episodes focus on the planning for Bob and Thelma's wedding. The thirteen episodes of the second series, aired the following year, are mostly self-contained. However, the series opens with a focus on the growing romance between Terry and Thelma's sister Susan, partially continued from the first series. A four-episode storyline concerning Bob and Thelma's brief separation also begins during the middle of the series. The show's catchy theme song, "Whatever Happened to You", was written by Mike Hugg (of Manfred Mann) and La Frenais and performed by Hugg's session band; with session singer Tony Rivers supplying the lead vocals. A group named Highly Likely was subsequently formed to promote the song and participated in a short UK tour as a result, [ citation needed] but Rivers was not involved in these appearances. The song reached number 35 in the UK Singles Chart in 1973. Hugg also wrote the theme tune to the spin-off 1976 feature film, Remember When. The complete first and second series of the 1970s show (including the Christmas special) were available in the UK on Region 2 DVD.

A Likely Lad by Peter Doherty – an appetite for self

Bob and Terry are two average working class lads growing up in the industrial North East, whose hobbies are beer, football and girls. They are street-wise, yet they stumble into one scrape after another as they struggle to enjoy the Swinging Sixties on their meagre incomes. Bob lost his virginity to Wendy Thwaite, according to the Series 1 episode "I'll Never Forget Whatshername", who scored eight stars (out of seven) on his scoring system.Additionally, an eight-minute episode of The Likely Lads was broadcast on 25 December 1964, as part of a 90-minute Christmas Day special on BBC 1 called Christmas Night with the Stars 7:15p.m. to 8:45p.m., in which Bob and Terry have an argument over Bob's encyclopaedic knowledge of "Rupert the Bear" Annuals ("It was Edward Trunk!"). This recording still exists in the BBC Broadcast Archive. An edited version, which included 'The Likely Lads' sketch, was screened on BBC2 over Christmas 1991. During a weekend fishing trip to Northumberland, Terry and Bob encounter Thelma's father, who appears to be having an affair with his secretary, Beryl. Bob becomes despondent with having to constantly phone Thelma, who unexpectedly turns up later. A series of misunderstandings involving Beryl and the hotel barmaid (who is attempting to seduce Terry) results in Thelma accusing Bob of having an affair with Beryl. The cast was reunited in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series 1, transmitted on Radio 4 from July to October that year. A feature film spin-off was made in 1976. Around the time of its release, however, Rodney Bewes and James Bolam fell out over a misunderstanding involving the press, and never spoke again. This long-suspected feud was finally confirmed by Bewes while promoting his autobiography in 2005. Even while Bewes was alive, Bolam was consistently reluctant to talk about the show, and vetoed any attempt to revive his character. [1] Following Bewes' death in November 2017, Bolam maintained there was never any rift. The show won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Situation Comedy in 1974. [2] The series [ edit ]