The Likely Lads

The Likely Lads

90 mins | Comedy | Feb. 1, 1976

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.

The Likely Lads

90 mins | Comedy | Feb. 1, 1976

The Likely Lads
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers EMI Films, Anglo-EMI
Original title The Likely Lads
Directors Michael Tuchner, Kip Gowans
Writers Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

Cast

James Bolam

as Terry

Rodney Bewes

as Bob

Brigit Forsyth

as Thelma

Mary Tamm

as Christina

Sheila Fearn

as Audrey

Zena Walker

as Laura

Alun Armstrong

as Tommy

Judy Buxton

as Iris

Vicki Michelle

as Glenys

Michelle Newell

as Alice

Penny Irving

as Sandy

Susan Tracy

as Edith

Gordon Griffin

as Cyril

Edward Wilson

as Les

Ronald Lacey

as Ernie

Elizabeth Lax

as Wendy

Linda Robson

as Marsha

Ian McDiarmid

as Vicar

Eric Mason

as Truck Driver

Roger Avon

as Joe

Christian Rodska

as Pump Attendant