arty-dave

Thanks for that, Capture king - remarkable!

foha80

Yes thank you,placed my order yesterday.

Terry

Adam01

No, it's a mistake I'm afraid. There are still a number of episodes missing from the BBC. The title refers to all surviving episodes of the series. Somewhere along the line, this point has become blurred and people are assuming they've all turned up which isn't the case.

Play have just found an episode guide and used it to form their listing.

Capture King

And I suppose DVD.Co.uk have got it wrong too? The Likely Lads - Series 1 To 3

We'll soon find out on the 27th.

Geoffers

Amazon.co.uk says "This DVD contains all of the surviving episodes from the original 3 series: Entente Cordiale (16/12/64); Double Date (23/12/64); Older Women Are More Experienced (30/12/64); The Suitor (20/01/65); Last Of The Big Spenders (07/07/65); Rocker (18/06/66); Goodbye To All That (23/07/66)."

Still worth buying, of course, and I also long for the complete "Whatever Happened To" series. I did hear that it was being blocked by James Bolam at one point, but I hope that's wrong.

Capture King

I have them all including the Xmas 1964/1674 episodes on 9 DVD's in total, PM me if you want to trade for them etc...
But the 1st series is actually due for release soon Complete Series

Holland

About time! The best of and a few episodes recorded off UK Gold just weren't enough.


Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads: Series 1

Due for release on 22/05/2006

aaron

You can hear/download four radio episodes here: http://www.audiocomedy.net/oldtimeradio/li...ads/index.shtml Someone, somewhere has the missing tv footage, im sure.....

'He who is not one up...Is one down'

Peter Greenhill

The complete 'Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads' series 1 is due out on DVD next Monday (15/5/06) with the complete series 2 coming on 7th August.

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/1020997/Wha..._2/Product.html

Tonch

Talking of updating old classic comedies...whatever happened to the Fenn Street Gang? I gather that the actors who played Maureen and Craven are both now sadly no longer with us. But it would be great to see David Barry, Peter Cleall, Carol Hawkins ( surely the most beautiful actress ever seen on TV ), Peter Denyer etc reunited. Failing that it would be nice just to have the old Please Sir!/Fenn Street Gang stuff released on DVD. All sorts of seventies ITV comedy like Father Dear Father / Bless This House / Nearest & Dearest / On The Buses / The Dustbinmen / Man About The House / Rising damp etc is available. Why no Fenn Street?

Cuffy

I bought series 2 a few days back - such memories. The series was filmed 3 years before I was born, so I had never been aware of the show until the film was screened on BBC1 on a Friday night about 1989-ish. It caught my attention because it was rare to see a film set in my hometown - I've been a fan ever since.

For my generation it's a great snapshot to the time when Newcastle was undergoing mass demolition and re-building (some for the better, mostly for the worst) - a lot of the locations were gone before my time, but as many remain and there are some streets I can't walk down without associating them with the show.

James Bolam seems to have disowned the series - I heard him interviewed on radio a few years back and when quizzed about the series he said (I stress - this is not a direct quote) something along the lines that it was a product of it's time and that was where he felt it belonged. In other words, he really didn't want to talk about it. I felt sad to hear that from an actor whose work as a whole, I very much respect.

By constrast, I've heard Rodney Bewes interviewed and he talked of the series with much affection. In fact, that he made a cameo appearence when the 1973 episode 'No Hiding Place' was remade with And & Dec playing the lead roles.

aaron

The bbc shop is offering the complete (as possible) boxset for £24.44 delivered. BBC Shop - Whatever Happened to The Likely Lads: Series 1-3 Boxset (DVD) That's the best price i've found anyway......:

'He who is not one up...Is one down'