Likely Lads (and Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads)

Last Edited: 25-Jan-2016
A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

The Likely Lads were first a BBC TV One comedy, then adapted as a radio programme by James Bolam in 1967-1968. A revival, as Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, appeared in 1975.

The Likely Lads
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
BBC Lt.Prog.
06-Aug-1967
1-1
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Sheila Fearn, Olive
Milbourne, John Cazabon, Betty Hardy, Leroy
Lingwood, Carol Marsh, Rosalind Shanks
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
28:15, 6623, s
poor off air
16K sampling, etc
BBC Lt.Prog.
13-Aug-1967
1-2
The Suitor
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Sheila Fearn, Olive
Milbourne, George Layton
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
25:18, 5930, s
poor off air
BBC Lt.Prog.
20-Aug-1967
1-3
The Rocker
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Reginald Jessup,
Cheryl Molineaux, Rosalind Shanks
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
27:48, 6517, s
poor off air
BBC Lt.Prog.
27-Aug-1967
1-4
Older Women Are More
Experienced
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Rhoda Lewis, Donald
McKillop, Bartlett Mullins, Madeleine Mills
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
27:03, 5338, s
poor off air
BBC Lt.Prog.
03-Sep-1967
1-5
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Sheila Fearn, Donald
McKillop, Dorothy White, Shirley Jaffe, Kate Story,
Janet Kelly
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
27:38, 6479, s
poor off air
BBC Lt.Prog.
10-Sep-1967
1-6
Outward Bound
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Peter Hawkins, Kathleen
Helme, Donald McKillop, Janet Kelly, Kate Story,
David Brierly
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
27:04, 6479, s
poor off air
BBC Lt.Prog.
17-Sep-1967
1-7
The Talk of the Town
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Donald McKillop, John
Henderson, Sheila Fearn, Kathleen Helme, Madeleine
Mills, Susan Jameson, Michael Kilgarriff, Douglas Hankin
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
25:04, 5877, s
poor off air
BBC Lt.Prog.
24-Sep-1967
1-8
Anchors Aweigh
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Julie May, Sarah
Kestelman, Madeleine Mills, Wilfred Carter
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
27:22, 6414, s
poor off air
BBC R2
19-May-1968
2-1
# 9
Friends and Neighbours
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Bert Palmer, Noel Dyson,
Glenn Melvyn, Angela Lovell
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
28:18, 6632, s
poor off air
BBC R2
26-May-1968
2-2
# 10
The Other Side of the Fence
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Donald McKillop, Bartlett
Mullins, Richard Moore, Michael Sheard, Eric Dodson,
Anneke Wills, Didi Sullivan
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
28:06, 6587, s
poor off air
BBC R2
02-Jun-1968
2-3
# 11
Entente Cordiale
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Sheila Fearn, Olive
Milbourne, Donald McKillop, Erik Chitty, Anna Gilchrist,
Bettina Le Beau
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
27:59, 6560, s
poor off air
BBC R2
09-Jun-1968
2-4
# 12
Double Date
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Sheila Fearn, Dilys
Watling, Susan Jameson
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
28:05, 6584, s
poor off air
BBC R2
16-Jun-1968
2-5
# 13
Love and Marriage
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Donald McKillop, Bartlett
Mullins, Derek Newark, Helen Fraser, Roger Avon,
Geoffrey Hughes, Doris Rogers
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
28:34, 6696, s
poor off air
BBC R2
23-Jun-1968
2-6
# 14
Their Hearts Were Touched
by Ursula
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Isobel Black, Donald
McKillop, Bartlett Mullins, Jennifer Croxton,
Peter Hawkins
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
28:24, 6656, s
poor off air
BBC R2
30-Jun-1968
2-7
# 15
Chance of a Lifetime
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Sheila Fearn, Garfield
Morgan, Barry Linehan, Donald McKillop, Bartlett
Mullins, Veronica Lang, George Layton
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
28:00, 6564, s
poor off air
BBC R2
07-Jul-1968
2-8
# 16
Goodbye to all That
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Sheila Fearn, Donald
McKillop, Bartlett Mullins, Olive Milbourne, Alex
McDonald, Barry Stanton, Tony Caunter, Irene
Richmond, Andrew Robertson, Hugh Walters
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Adapted for radio by James Bolam
Produced by John Browell
24:41, 5787, s
poor off air

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads

A revival, first on BBC TV One and then a single series on BBC R4.
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
BBC R4
30-Jul-1975
1
Strangers on a Train
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth, Lois
Daine, Peter Whitman
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Produced by John Browell
BBC R7
27:42, 25966, S
BBC R4
06-Aug-1975
2
Home Is the Hero
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth, Sheila
Fearn,
Peter Whitman
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Produced by John Browell
BBC R7
27:22, 25664, S
BBC R4
13-Aug-1975
3
Cold Feet
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth, Sheila
Fearn, Michael Segal

written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Produced by John Browell
BBC R7
27:33, 25826, S
BBC R4
20-Aug-1975
4
Moving On
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth, Sheila
Fearn, Michael Segal
, John Samson, Corinna Marlowe
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Produced by John Browell
BBC R7
27:50, 26100, S
BBC R4
27-Aug-1975
5
I’ll Never Forget Whatshername
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth, lois
Dade, Lorna Wilde

written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Produced by John Browell
BBC R7
27:26, 25726, S
BBC R4
03-Sep-1975
6
Birthday Boy
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth, Olive
Milbourne, Elissa Derwent, Shirley Steedman, Colin
Jeavons, Geoffrey Hughes, Michael Ralph

written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Produced by John Browell
BBC R7
26:54, 25220, S
BBC R4
10-Sep-1975
7
No Hiding Place
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Sheila Fearn, George
Layton, Jo Beadle, Brian Godfrey, Donald Gee

written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Produced by John Browell
BBC R7
27:13, 25522, S
BBC R4
17-Sep-1975
8
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth, Sheila
Fearn,
Olive Milbourne, Julian Holloway, Greta Gouriet
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Produced by John Browell
BBC R7
27:34, 25848, S
BBC R4
24-Sep-1975
9
Storm in a Tea Chest
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth, Sheila
Fearn,
Robert Gillespie
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Produced by John Browell
BBC R7
26:56, 25264, S
BBC R4
01-Oct-1975
10
The Old Magic
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Anita Carey, Barbara
Ogilvie, Brenda Cavendish
, Anthony Smee
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Produced by John Browell
BBC R7
27:23, 25676, S
BBC R4
08-Oct-1975
11
Countdown
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth, Joan
Hickson, Bill Owen, Anita Carey, Robin Parkinson

written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Produced by John Browell
BBC R7
27:02, 25348, S
BBC R4
15-Oct-1975
12
Boys Night In
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Michael Stainton
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Produced by John Browell
BBC R7
27:34, 25852, S
BBC R4
22-Oct-1975
13
End of an Era
Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth, Sheila
Fearn, Anita Carey,
Joan Hickson, Barbara Ogilvie,
Dapne Heard
written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais
Produced by John Browell
BBC R7
27:06, 25406, S

Documentaries and Collateral Material
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