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Andy Capp. Andy Capp (James Bolam). Copyright: Thames Television
James Bolam

James Bolam

  • 90 years old
  • English
  • Actor

James Bolam features

The Likely Lads. Image shows left to right: Bob Ferris (Rodney Bewes), Terry Collier (James Bolam). Credit: BBC TV

Restoring The Likely Lads

Thursday 19th December 2024

Producer Charles Norton discusses the landmark 60th anniversary DVD collection of important BBC sitcom The Likely Lads and its successor, Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?.

The Likely Lads. Image shows from L to R: Terry Collier (James Bolam), Bob Ferris (Rodney Bewes) Features

Comedy Rewind: A likely story - The Likely Lads

Sunday 15th December 2024

As it celebrates its sixtieth anniversary we pay tribute to The Likely Lads, a pioneering series that helped popularise realism in television comedy.

Only When I Laugh. Image shows from L to R: Dr. Gordon Thorpe (Richard Wilson), Roy Figgis (James Bolam), Norman Binns (Christopher Strauli), Archie Glover (Peter Bowles). Copyright: Yorkshire Television Features

Comedy Rewind: I'm H-A-P-P-Y: Only When I Laugh

Sunday 27th October 2024

Visiting hours have begun at hospital sitcom Only When I Laugh, starring three bona-fide sitcom legends.

Second Thoughts. Image shows from L to R: Faith (Lynda Bellingham), Bill (James Bolam) Features

Comedy Rewind: Second Thoughts

Sunday 29th October 2023

Comedy Rewind looks back at Second Thoughts, the 1990s sitcom starring Lynda Bellingham and James Bolam as middle-aged divorcees trying to forge a relationship together.

A Tribute To The Likely Lads. Image shows from L to R: Terry Collier (Ant McPartlin), Bob Ferris (Declan Donnelly) TV

When Ant & Dec remade The Likely Lads

Sunday 4th September 2022

Back in 2002, Ant & Dec stepped into the world of sitcom with a remake of classic Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? episode No Hiding Place, with mixed results.

Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?. Image shows from L to R: Terry Collier (James Bolam), Bob Ferris (Rodney Bewes). Copyright: BBC Features

Comedy Chronicles: Strained Relationships - Bewes & Bolam

Sunday 26th July 2020

In the first of a new series looking at the truth behind notoriously strained relationships between comedy stars, Graham McCann sets the record straight on the infamous falling out between Likely Lads icons Rodney Bewes and James Bolam.

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