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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

TV series
1973–1974
2 seasons
BBC One
Comedy

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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. There were 26 television episodes over two series; and a subsequent 45-minute Christmas special was aired on 24 December 1974. The cast were reunited in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series 1, transmitted on Radio 4 from July to October that year. In 1976, a feature film spin-off was made. Around the time of its release, however, Rodney Bewes and James Bolam fell out over a misunderstanding involving the press and have not spoken since. This long-suspected situation was finally confirmed by Bewes while promoting his autobiography in 2005. Unlike Bewes, Bolam is consistently reluctant to talk about the show, and has vetoed any attempt to revive his character.

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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast on BBC1 between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s sitcom The Likely Lads. Like its predecessor, it was created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and starred Rodney Bewes and James Bolam. There were twenty-six television episodes over two series, and a subsequent forty-five-minute Christmas special was aired on 24 December 1974. The show won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Situation Comedy in 1974.

The cast was reunited in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series one, transmitted on Radio 4 from July to October that year. A feature film spin-off was made in 1976. Around the time of its release, Bewes and Bolam fell out over a misunderstanding involving the press, and never spoke again. This long-suspected feud was recounted by Bewes in his autobiography in 2005. Bolam was consistently reluctant to talk about the show, and vetoed any attempt to revive his character. Following Bewes's death in November 2017, Bolam maintained there was never any rift.

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