The Likely Lads

Dec 16, 1964

The Lads return home from their first foreign holiday, pursued by a French girl they met in Spain.

Dec 23, 1964

A lovelorn Bob is cheered up by a double date.

Dec 30, 1964

Terry finds an older girlfriend, and Bob finds a younger one.

Jan 6, 1965

Bob is offered a better job, in management.

Jan 13, 1965

The Lads are offered the chance to emigrate to Australia.

Jan 20, 1965

Terry enlists Bob's help to try to get rid of his sister's Italian boyfriend.

Jun 16, 1965

Bob and Terry have a date with a couple of nurses who are leaving the area in a few days time.

Jun 23, 1965

It never pays to criticise someone else's singing if you can't sing yourself.

Jun 30, 2001

Bob has a hangover and the events of the party the night before are a complete blank.

Jul 7, 1965

While visiting a department store, Bob and Terry try to impress two pretty demonstrators by buying up most of their products.

Jul 14, 1965

After blowing all their money on the two demonstrators, Bob and Terry have to come up with ways of paying for their planned holiday.

Jul 21, 1965

A wedding for one of Terry's relatives causes tongues to wag - "when are you and Bob going to get married, isn't it about time?".

Jun 4, 1966

Bob's idea of a weekend away starts to interest Terry when he is told the place they are going to is full of beatniks - to him that means free love! They decide to hitch-hike but Terry gets blisters and complains all the way there. When they arrive they find the place they were going to stop in has been demolished and it is too late to get a bus or a train home. Their only salvation is the two young ladies camping in a nearby field ...

Jun 11, 1966

Bob has a dilemma - he is dating 17 year old Lorna Perrin and gets on well with her middle-class parents. Next door to the Perrin's is a vile old man who wears braces and spits - he is staying there while the owner is in Canada. The problem for Bob is the "vile" old man is Terry's grandad and he has to choose sides - a class war breaks out between the two ...

Jun 18, 1966

Bob has bought a second-hand scooter and dreams of Sunday morning rides to the country with a "bird" on the back.

Jun 25, 1966

Bob and Terry are at the local dance hall and having little success finding a dance partner. They decide to split up to change their luck and Bob strikes lucky with Ursula who he arranges to meet the following day.

Jul 2, 1966

Bob has had chicken pox and Terry has kept away from his friend for 3 weeks in order not to catch it. When he does pluck up the courage to see him, he finds Bob has grown a beard and this new facial decoration causes problems at work.

Jul 9, 1966

After friends pull out of a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads, Bob persuades Terry to take up the offer when he explains that it would be a great way to meet girls. So it seems as Terry makes a date with Sally who runs the boatyard but Bob scuppers his plans when he launches the boat earlier than expected ... Terry is determined to take revenge.

Jul 16, 1966

While they await the start of a mate's stag night, Terry and Bob are pleased to see Duggie, an old friend who is now married with a baby. Taking pity on his lack of a social life, they keep him in the pub and get him drunk. At the same time they conclude that married life really does put a crimp in your happiness ...

Jul 23, 1966

Bob signs up for the army As the weeks go by Terry starts to miss him and finally decides to join him only to discover that Bob has been discharged due to flat feet