Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads
(a Titles & Air Dates Guide)Last updated: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:00
Show Details:
Start date: Jan 1973
End date: Dec 1974
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 27 eps
Genre(s): Comedy
End date: Dec 1974
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 27 eps
Genre(s): Comedy
Credits:
- regulars:
- Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris
- James Bolam as Terry Collier
- Anita Carey as Susan Chambers
- Noel Dyson as Mrs. Chambers [ 2 ]
- Sheila Fearn as Audrey Collier
- Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers/Ferris
- Joan Hickson as Mrs. Chambers [ 1 ]
- Elizabeth Lax as Bob's Secretary
- Olive Milbourn as Mrs. Collier [ 1 ]
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 09 Jan 73 | Strangers on a Train |
| 2. | 1-2 | 16 Jan 73 | Home Is the Hero |
| 3. | 1-3 | 23 Jan 73 | Cold Feet |
| 4. | 1-4 | 30 Jan 73 | Moving On |
| 5. | 1-5 | 06 Feb 73 | I'll Never Forget Whatshername |
| 6. | 1-6 | 13 Feb 73 | Birthday Boy |
| 7. | 1-7 | 20 Feb 73 | No Hiding Place |
| 8. | 1-8 | 27 Feb 73 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? |
| 9. | 1-9 | 06 Mar 73 | Storm in a Tea Chest |
| 10. | 1-10 | 13 Mar 73 | The Old Magic |
| 11. | 1-11 | 20 Mar 73 | Countdown |
| 12. | 1-12 | 27 Mar 73 | Boys' Night In |
| 13. | 1-13 | 03 Apr 73 | End of an Era |
| Season 2 | |||
| 14. | 2-1 | 01 Jan 74 | Absent Friends |
| 15. | 2-2 | 08 Jan 74 | Heart to Heart |
| 16. | 2-3 | 15 Jan 74 | The Ant and the Grasshopper |
| 17. | 2-4 | 22 Jan 74 | One for the Road |
| 18. | 2-5 | 05 Feb 74 | The Great Race |
| 19. | 2-6 | 19 Feb 74 | Some Day We'll Laugh About This |
| 20. | 2-7 | 26 Feb 74 | In Harm's Way |
| 21. | 2-8 | 05 Mar 74 | Affairs and Relations |
| 22. | 2-9 | 12 Mar 74 | The Expert |
| 23. | 2-10 | 19 Mar 74 | Between Ourselves |
| 24. | 2-11 | 26 Mar 74 | The Go-Between |
| 25. | 2-12 | 02 Apr 74 | Conduct Unbecoming |
| 26. | 2-13 | 09 Apr 74 | The Shape of Things to Come |
| Specials | |||
| S02. | 2-0 | 24 Dec 74 | A Special Christmas Edition (45 min) |