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The Likely Lads Page 2
David Smith are you a fan of On The Buses?
Yes A big fan.
Me too.
Good.
I love On the Buses too. Still classics.
Great Greg.
Quote: David Smith @ April 15 2013, 8:33 PM BSTGreat Greg.
Ta!
No Problem.
Did they not do any other Likely Lads films?
No.
Network are releasing the film afresh next month, with a new DVD and world premiere Blu-ray, both formats also including two recently rediscovered missing episodes of the original The Likely Lads sitcom.
I've been very lucky to get a copy ahead of the release, and have to say it's an absolutely beautiful transfer, with sparkling HD picture. It's many, may years since I last saw the film and have enjoyed watching it immensely. One of the very best adaptations of the period. I highly recommend it to anyone. Well worth your money.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/the_likely_lads/shop/6124/the_likely_lads/
On TPTV next Saturday (22 August) 6pm shortly after The Punch and Judy Man.
Gave it a look and I come down on the side of some of the IMDb reviewers who gave it 3/10 or even 1/10, although there were a number of 10/10.
I suppose I was looking for a longer version of "Whatever happened to...................", but there were things that didn't gel for me, like Bob and Thelma living in a different house (OK they could have moved), driving a red Vauxhall Chevette instead of a blue Vauxhall Viva etc. and a completely different theme tune - could they not have adapted "Oh, what happened to us,................"
OK, I'm being a bit picky, but mainly I think the spark of the TV series simply wasn't there. I see that Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais are listed as concept writers, which I assume basically means it was their idea, but they didn't write the screenplay, which would explain a lot, but there are no writer credits. Perhaps they made it up as they went along. 
My wife laughed a couple of times, but then she'll laugh at anything. 
What did annoy me was TPTV going way over the top with their censoring innocuous words such as "shit" by muting them - for f**k's sake TPTV grow up!! 
I see the lovely Mary Tamm was in it.Not that the hair style does her any favours.