Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

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  • COMEDY
  • 30m
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1. Absent Friends - Bob and Thelma are on a Norwegian honeymoon, far away from the influence of Terry - or so they think. Terry is striving to get to know Thelma's sister Susan a lot better.

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Series 2

1. Absent Friends

Bob and Thelma are on a Norwegian honeymoon, far away from the influence of Terry - or so they think. Terry is striving to get to know Thelma's sister Susan a lot better.

2. Heart to Heart

Bob comes back from his honeymoon to find that Terry is off his beer and is going out with Thelma's sister Susan. Is Terry in love?

3. The Ant and the Grasshopper

Bob's married life promises work, worry and wallpapering. Meanwhile Terry wastes the days away in the pub and the bookies, as happy as ever. Bob wonders who has the right answer.

4. One for the Road

According to Bob and Shakespeare, 'Wine is a gentle stimulant and good companion' and so is Terry the night Bob is breathalysed and ends up at the police station!

5. The Great Race

Bob and Terry argue about fitness over a pint and challenge each other to a cross country cycle race, to see who's the fittest.

6. Some Day We'll Laugh About This

Terry offers to look after the house when Bob and Thelma go away for the weekend.

7. In Harm's Way

Bob, nursing his strained ligaments, goes to Out-Patients feeling that Terry is the root cause of all his misfortunes. Who is the masked stranger who causes him still more?

8. Affairs and Relations

Bob, taking time off from marriage to join Terry on a quiet weekend's fishing, is racked by guilt. But he's not the guilty party.

9. The Expert

Thelma has gone back to her mother, leaving Bob to bemoan his fate.

10. Between Ourselves

Thelma has left Bob and is still with mother, leaving Terry to soothe Bob's furrowed brow. Bob is anxious in case people talk.

11. The Go-Between

Bob becomes more and more depressed by Thelma's absence and Terry's housekeeping. Finally, Terry can take no more and leaves him as well.

12. Conduct Unbecoming

When faced with a fight, Terry has a golden rule: 'Do unto others as they would do unto you - but do it first'.

13. The Shape of Things to Come

The death of Terry's disreputable Great Uncle Jacob causes him much anguish, and the funeral gives Bob an insight into his own future.