The Likely Lads (film)

The Likely Lads is a 1976 British comedy film directed by Michael Tuchner, starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes. It is a spinoff 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.

An opening precredits sequence shows the conception of both Lads during a World War II Air raid. After the opening titles the film cuts to Bob and Terry, both aged about thirty, playing football with some boys.The main plot begins with Bob and Terrys favourite watering hole, the Fat Ox, being demolished. The middle class Bob feels great sentimentality for this loss, whereas the working class Terry, who is now living in a high rise council flat, is more optimistic about the citys redevelopment, pointing out that he now has a modern kitchen, a lovely view and an inside lavatory. From this establishing sequence the plot unfolds Terry receives his final divorce decree, freeing him from his wife in West Germany, and is looking forward to a bright future Bob on the other hand is growing tired of his married life with Thelma, and jaded with his social activities the two things he boasted about in the television series. ........

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