The Likely Lads 48 years old
Emotion blazes across the big screen as Bob and Terry knock down the frontiers of human knowledge and Newcastle ale.
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.
Credits
The Likely Lads Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ronald Lacey He was 40, 55 years old when he died | |
| Alun Armstrong He was 29, now 78 years old | |
| Ian McDiarmid He was 31, now 80 years old | |
| James Bolam He was 40, now 89 years old | as Terry |
| Rodney Bewes He was 38, 79 years old when he died | as Bob |
| Sheila Fearn She was 35, now 84 years old | |
| Mary Tamm She was 25, 62 years old when she died | as Christina |
| Zena Walker She was 41, 69 years old when she died | |
| Brigit Forsyth She was 35, now 84 years old | as Thelma |
| Penny Irving She was 20, now 69 years old | as Sandy |
| Vicki Michelle She was 25, now 74 years old | |
| Linda Robson She was 17, now 66 years old | |
| Gordon Griffin He was 33, now 82 years old | |
| Michelle Newell She was 24, now 73 years old |
The Likely Lads Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Michael Tuchner as Director. He was 42 (83) years old when He died | Directing |
| Dick Clement as Writer. He was 38 (now 87) years old | Writing |
| Ian La Frenais as Writer. He was 40 (now 88) years old | Writing |
The Likely Lads (48 years)
Emotion blazes across the big screen as Bob and Terry knock down the frontiers of human knowledge and Newcastle ale.
- Release day: Sunday, February 01, 1976
- Runtime: 90 minutes