Author:Dick Clement,Ian La Frenais,Rodney Bewes,Full Cast,James Bolam
Thirteen classic BBC radio episodes, starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes
One of the most popular TV comedies of the Seventies, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? won a best sitcom BAFTA and attracted an audience of millions before being adapted for radio.
In these 13 episodes, we catch up with Newcastle lads Bob and Terry as they meet by chance after years apart. Now engaged to Thelma, Bob is having pre-wedding nerves; while Terry, demobbed from the Army, is having trouble adjusting to life in civvy street. As they rekindle their friendship, Bob tries to find Terry a date, throws him a surprise party and takes him to the hairdressers to get a new look. In addition, Terry gets some shock news, and helps Bob get ready for his and Thelma’s big day…
Originally lost from the BBC archive, the audio for many of these episodes was recovered by producer Stan Was, the BBC's Archive Treasure Hunt, and a listener to BBC7.
The episodes included are Strangers on a Train, Home is the Hero, Cold Feet, Moving On, I’ll Never Forget Whatshername, Birthday Boy, No Hiding Place, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?, Storm in a Tea Chest, The Old Magic, Count Down, Boys’ Night In and End of an Era.
If the 2016 lexicon is just too bleak, take refuge in the most comprehensive list of Uxbridge definitions to date from the wags at BBC Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue.
—— Stocking Filler of the Year , The TimesOnly a 42 carat plonker would put it back on the shelf
—— Derek TrotterToo wordy for my liking. I enjoyed the diagrams though
—— TriggerThe reader gets to know him as a good-natured, sometimes mischievous bloke - a real person and not just the comic with the electronic voice.
—— ChortleFunny, charming and full of unique insights.
—— FRANCESCA MARTINEZ, author of What the **** is Normal?Lee's wicked sense of humour shines through.
—— Andrew Hayden-SmithPRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'Self-lacerating comedy with something to say.'
—— The GuardianPRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'A talent for real anger that leaves us amused.'
—— The TimesPRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'A mix of observation and self-deprecation which confirms he's got talent.'
—— The TelegraphPRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'A comedian with an edge and a honed sense of his material.'
—— Front Row