The Likely Lads (film)

The Likely Lads
UK theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Tuchner
Written byDick Clement
Ian La Frenais
Produced byAida Young
StarringRodney Bewes
James Bolam
Brigit Forsyth
CinematographyTony Imi
Edited byRalph Sheldon
Music byMike Hugg
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo-EMI
Release date
  • 8 April 1976 (1976-04-08)[1]
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Likely Lads is a 1976 British comedy film directed by Michael Tuchner, starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes. It is a spin-off from Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, although it shares its title with the earlier 1960s British television series The Likely Lads, of which Whatever was the sequel.

The screenplay is by the scriptwriters of the television show, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais; and the principal roles of Bob and Terry, as well as those of Bob's wife Thelma and Terry's sister Audrey, are played by the original television cast.

This film was the final screen appearance of Bewes and Bolam together. At the time of the film's release, the two had fallen out over a quarrel involving the press, and never spoke to each other again. Bolam denied there was a rift between the two men when Bewes died in November 2017.

  1. ^ "The Likely Lads". Art & Hue. 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.