The Likely Lads (1976)

  • NR
  • 02/01/1976 (GB)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 30m

Emotion blazes across the big screen as Bob and Terry knock down the frontiers of human knowledge and Newcastle ale.

Overview

With the destruction of their previous neighbourhood has inevitably come the destruction of the lads’ favoured watering hole The Fat Ox. Again, it’s Bob rather than Terry who is visibly distressed by this. Upset and much the worse for free alcohol, Bob then storms into the library to seek sympathy from Thelma - who is, predictably, unimpressed. So when Thelma finds out that Terry has been getting semi-serious with glamorous Finnish shop assistant Chris, she takes it upon herself to try and pair them off for good via planning first a dinner party and then that mainstay of 70s comedy, a camping expedition. Of course, things don’t go quite according to plan and before you can say ‘I can see the way this is going’ we are set up for japes, larks and embarrassing incidents aplenty, which culminate in the lads getting rather fed up with their partners’ attempts to inflict the rugged outdoor lifestyle upon them and trying to hitch up and drive off with the girls still asleep in the caravan.

Ian La Frenais

Writer

Michael Tuchner

Director

Dick Clement

Writer

Cast

James Bolam's headshot

James Bolam

Terry
Rodney Bewes's headshot

Rodney Bewes

Bob
Brigit Forsyth's headshot

Brigit Forsyth

Thelma
Mary Tamm's headshot

Mary Tamm

Christina
Sheila Fearn's headshot

Sheila Fearn

Audrey
Zena Walker's headshot

Zena Walker

Laura
Alun Armstrong's headshot

Alun Armstrong

Tommy
Judy Buxton's headshot

Judy Buxton

Iris

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