The Likely Lads 1975 (ep09) Storm in a Tea Chest

Описание: 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 color 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 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. Following Bewes' death in November 2017, Bolam maintained there was never any rift. The show won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Situation Comedy in 1974.

Premise
The original show followed the friendship of two young working class men, Terry Collier (James Bolam) and Bob Ferris (Rodney Bewes), in the mid-1960s. Bob and Terry are assumed to be in their early 20s (when their ages are revealed in the later film, this puts both characters at around 20 when the series started).
After growing up at school and in the Scouts together, Bob and Terry are working in the same factory, Ellison's Electrical, alongside the older, wiser duo of Cloughie and Jack. The show's humor derived largely from the tensions between Terry's cynical, everyman, working class personality and Bob's ambition to better himself and move to the middle class.
Bob and Terry are two average working class lads growing up in the industrial North East, whose hobbies are beer, football and girls. They are street-wise, yet they stumble into one scrape after another as they struggle to enjoy the Swinging Sixties on their meagre incomes.
At the end of the third and final series in 1966, a depressed and bored Bob attempts to join the Army but is rejected because of his flat feet. Terry, who decides at the last minute to enlist to keep Bob company, is accepted and shipped away for three years.
It was gradually revealed that Terry and Bob's full names are Terence Daniel Collier and Robert Andrew Scarborough Ferris (Scarborough not revealed until the 1970s color series). According to the later feature film, made in 1976, both Lads were conceived during the same wartime air raid and were thus born in the same year, 1944.


Cast
Regular cast
• James Bolam as Terry Collier
• Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris
• Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers (later Ferris), Bob's fiancée, whom he marries at the end of series 1
• Sheila Fearn as Audrey Collier, married name unknown, Terry's elder sister.
Recurring cast
• Bill Owen as George Chambers, Thelma's father
• Joan Hickson (Series 1) and Noel Dyson (Series 2) as Mrs Chambers, Thelma's mother
• Anita Carey as Susan Chambers, Thelma's sister, who lives in Toronto, Canada, with her accountant fiancé Peter
• Olive Milbourne as Edith Collier, mother of Terry, Audrey and Linda
• Robert Gillespie, police officer
• Barbara Ogilvie as Alice Ferris, Bob's mother
• Ronald Lacey as Ernie, Audrey's husband
• Elizabeth Lax as Wendy, Bob's secretary
• Christopher Biggins as "Podge" Rowley, Bob and Terry's friend
• Julian Holloway as Alan Boyle, Bob's friend originally from Surrey
• Juliet Aykroyd as Anthea, Thelma's assistant at the library
Unseen characters
• Cyril Collier, Terry and Audrey's dad, who appeared in the 1960s series
• Leslie Ferris, Bob's father (in the 1960s series, it was established that Bob's father is deceased)
• Linda Collier, Terry and Audrey's sister
• Frank Clark, Bob's original choice for best man
• Nigel "Little Hutch" Hutchinson, a sex-mad pal who always has a racing tip for Terry
• Norma Braithwaite, a childhood schoolfriend of Thelma's who passed on Bob's letters of apology to her
• Cloughie, a workmate of Bob and Terry from the 1960s series. It is mentioned in passing that he now runs a newsagent.
• Jutta Baumgarten, Terry's estranged West German wife. She was due to appear in the last episode of Series 1, played by April Walker, but after filming her first scene, the writers decided against having both male characters married and released Walker from her contract. Despite this, Walker remains on the end credits despite not appearing in the episode.
• Maurice "Memphis" Hardaker, a member of the lads' skiffle group, Rob Ferris and the Wildcats. He was also mentioned in the original 1960s series as colleague Morrie Hardaker
• Deirdre Birchwood, an ex-girlfriend of Bob's with somewhat loose morals. The frequent references to her became a running gag (with the line "Don't mention Deirdre Birchwood!" becoming a catchphrase)