The Likely Lads: Complete Collection

The first series to be made by prolific writing partners Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, 'The Likely Lads' chronicled the misadventures of best friends Bob (Rodney Bewes) and Terry (James Bolam), as they navigated life and love in a northern town in the 1960s. The series ran for three series (and one Christmas special) from 1964 to 1966. One of a wave of innovative new working class sitcoms in the 1960s, the series was the first top 20 comedy hit for BBC Two. In the early 1970s, the series was revived as the even more successful 'Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads', picking up on Bob and Terry seven years later and looking at how their lives had drifted apart in the intervening years. The show rose to become the second most watched television programme in Britain, running to 26 episodes, plus another Christmas special. All 38 surviving episodes of the two series are presented here together on DVD for the first time, alongside audio recordings of 10 'lost' episodes from the 1960s, that were never archived by the BBC.

Special Features

Commentary: Three commentaries from Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais (writers)., Documentaries: 'The Lively Arts: The Unlikely Lads'; 'Free Thinking: Whatever Happened to Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais'., Image Gallery, BBC spot on filming 'The Likely Lads'; 'Comedy Choice: 'The Likely Lads' (James Bolam short intro); Two documentaries about 'The Likely Lads'; Footage from a lost episode; Collection of previously unreleased archive content.

Actors: Olive Milbourn, Sheila Fearn, Michael Sheard, Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Don McKillop, Geoffrey Hughes, George Layton, Bartlett Mullins, Irene Richmond

Audio Languages: English

Duration: 1310 minutes

Number of Discs: 7

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