The Likely Lads
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1964 - 1966
- 20 episodes (3 series)
Bob and Terry are two lads from the North East with contrasting desires and ambitions - except when it comes to chatting up girls. Stars James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Bartlett Mullins, Donald McKillop, Sheila Fearn and Olive Milbourne
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Series 2, Episode 3 - The Talk Of The Town
Bob has a hangover and the events of the party the night before are a complete blank. When he gets to work people are congratulating him on his engagement to Helen - and then it dawns. He proposed to her at somebody else's engagement party and now the rumours are rife that she must be pregnant. How will Bob tell Helen that he has made a mistake without losing face?!
Notes
Repeated on BBC 1 on Fri 6/9/65 at 8pm with 7.2 million viewers.
An audio recording of this episode exists.
This episode no longer exists in the archives. It is missing, believed wiped.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 30th June 1965
- Time
- 9:10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 25 minutes
Cast & crew
| James Bolam | Terry Collier |
| Rodney Bewes | Bob Ferris |
| Bartlett Mullins | Mr. Clough |
| Donald McKillop | Jack |
| Sheila Fearn | Audrey Collier |
| Richard Moore | Blakey |
| John Scott Martin (as John Scott-Martin) | Barman |
| Irene Richmond | Mrs. Ferris |
| Helen Fraser | Helen |
| Michael Coles | Big Duggy |
| Patricia Shakesby | Elsie |
| Douglas Harris | Factory Hand |
| Martin King | Man in Pub |
| Roy Denton | Commissionaire |
| Dick Clement | Writer |
| Ian La Frenais | Writer |
| Dick Clement | Director |
| Dick Clement | Producer |
| Bob Rymer | Editor |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |
| Martin Johnson | Production Designer |