Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
British TV sitcom (1973ā1974) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 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 show won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Situation Comedy in 1974.[1]
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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? | |
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Starring | |
Theme music composer | |
Opening theme | "Whatever Happened to You?" |
Ending theme | "Whatever Happened to You?" |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 27 |
Production | |
Producers | |
Running time | 30 minutes (series) 45 minutes (special) |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 9 January 1973 (1973-01-09) ā 24 December 1974 (1974-12-24) |
The cast was reunited in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series 1, 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, however, Rodney Bewes and James Bolam fell out over a misunderstanding involving the press, and never spoke again. This long-suspected feud was finally confirmed by Bewes while promoting his autobiography in 2005. Even while Bewes was alive, Bolam was consistently reluctant to talk about the show, and vetoed any attempt to revive his character.[2] Following Bewes' death in November 2017, Bolam maintained there was never any rift.