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The Likely Lads( 1976)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      James Bolam

      Terry

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      Rodney Bewes

      Bob

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      Brigit Forsyth

      Thelma

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      Mary Tamm

      Christina

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      Sheila Fearn

      Audrey

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      Zena Walker

      Laura

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      Alun Armstrong

      Tommy

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      Judy Buxton

      Iris

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      Vicki Michelle

      Glenys

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      Michelle Newell

      Alice

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      Penny Irving

      Sandy

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      Susan Tracy

      Edith

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      Gordon Griffin

      Cyril

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      Edward Wilson

      Les

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      Ronald Lacey

      Ernie

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      Elizabeth Lax

      Wendy

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      Linda Robson

      Marsha

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      Ian McDiarmid

      Vicar

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      Eric Mason

      Truck Driver

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      Anulka Dziubinska

      Dawn

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      Roger Avon

      Joe

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      Christian Rodska

      Pump Attendant

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • husband wife relationship
    • bachelor
    • male friendship
    • dating
    • bitterness
    • childhood friends
    • passage of time
    • beer buddy
    • married life
    • caravan park
    • northumberland
    • brother sister relationship
    • return to hometown
    • two paths in life