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 3, Episode 4 - Brief Encounter
Bob and Terry are at the local dance hall and having little success finding a dance partner. They decide to split up to change their luck and Bob strikes lucky with Ursula who he arranges to meet the following day. When he asks to walk her home she refuses as she has already promised that pleasure to another - Terry!
Notes
Repeated on BBC 1 on Tues 25/10/66 at 7:30pm with 11.2 million viewers.
This episode no longer exists in the archives. It is missing, believed wiped.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 25th June 1966
- Time
- 9:35pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| James Bolam | Terry Collier |
| Rodney Bewes | Bob Ferris |
| Bartlett Mullins | Mr. Clough |
| Donald McKillop | Jack |
| Isobel Black | Ursula |
| Derek Benfield | Cloakroom Attendant |
| Joan Pickering | Girl |
| Lewis Teasdale | Barman |
| Donald Oliver | Drunk |
| Maggie Riley | Waitress |
| Dick Clement | Writer |
| Ian La Frenais | Writer |
| Dick Clement | Director |
| Dick Clement | Producer |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |
| Paul Allen | Production Designer |