Hi
I just read on a web page that claims to be the offical likely lads page ,
www.whateverhappenedtothelikelylads.co.uk , that the beeb are releasing the complete original 20 black and white eps in Feb 2006.Now being a layman regarding wiped material i did think these episodes to be mostly awol.
Am i right or has there been a major find?
The Likely Lads - BBC / B&W - 16/12/1964 - 23/07/1966
Series One:
1. Entente Cordiale (16 mm F/R only)
First aired: 16/12/1964
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Guest star: Don McKillop
2. Double Date * (16 mm F/R only)
First aired: 23/12/1964
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Guest star: Coral Atkins (Deirdre), Susan Jameson (Pat)
3. Older Women Are More Experienced * (16 mm F/R only)
First aired: 30/12/1964
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Guest star: Sandra Payne, Patricia Shakesby, Yvette Rees
4. The Other Side of the Fence * (16 mm F/R only)
First aired: 06/01/1965
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Guest star: Anneke Wills (Judith), Didi Sullivan (Sally Ann), Richard Moore, Eric Dobson, Michael Sheard, Martin Redpath
5. Chance of a Lifetime (Missing episode)
First aired: 13/01/1965
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6. The Suitor * (16 mm F/R only)
First aired: 20/01/1965
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Series Two:
7. Baby, It's Cold Outside (Missing episode)
First aired: 16/06/1965
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8. A Star is Born (Missing episode)
First aired: 23/06/1965
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9. Talk of the Town (Missing episode)
First aired: 30/06/2001
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10. Last of the Big Spenders * (D3 Ret. by private collector 17/01/00)
First aired: 07/07/1965
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Guest star: Michael Sheard, Wanda Ventham, Wendy Richard, Roger Brierley, Pamela Greer, Alastair Williamson, Paul Lindley, Elsa Fell
This recently returned episode was shown on BBC TWO on 30/05/01.
11. Far-Away Places (Missing episode)
First aired: 14/07/1965
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12. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (Missing episode)
First aired: 21/07/1965
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Series Three:
13. Outward Bound (Missing episode/Sound only)
First aired: 04/06/1966
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14. Friends and Neighbours (Missing episode)
First aired: 11/06/1966
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15. Rocker * (16 mm F/R only)
First aired: 18/06/1966
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16. Brief Encounter (Missing episode/Sound only)
First aired: 25/06/1966
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17. The Razor's Edge (Missing episode/Sound only)
First aired: 02/07/1966
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18. Anchors Aweigh (Missing episode/Sound only)
First aired: 09/07/1966
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19. Love and Marriage (Missing episode)
First aired: 16/07/1966
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20. Goodbye to All That * (16 mm F/R only)
First aired: 23/07/1966
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Bob signs up for the army As the weeks go by Terry starts to miss him and finally decides to join him only to discover that Bob has been discharged due to flat feet
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Below, are the episodes I have:
#:02 e2/s1: Double Date *
First aired: 23/12/1964
#:03 e3/s1: Older Women Are More Experienced *
First aired: 30/12/1964
#:04 e4/s1: The Other Side of the Fence *
First aired: 06/01/1965
#:06 e6/s1: The Suitor *
First aired: 20/01/1965
#:10 e4/s2: Last of the Big Spenders * (recently returned/discovered 17/01/00) **
First aired: 07/07/1965
#:15 e3/s3: Rocker *
First aired: 18/06/1966
#:20 e8/s3: Goodbye to All That *
First aired: 23/07/1966
** Below, taken from the BBC Treasure Hunt Web site.
To kick off the treasure hunt, a long-lost episode of hit 1960s comedy The Likely Lads is being shown for the first time in 35 years on May 30 on BBC TWO. It was recently turned up by Kaleidoscope, a team of keen amateur collectors who have kindly donated it back to the BBC archive.
Star Rodney Bewes said: "I am chuffed to bits that this has turned up and will be shown again. It will be a bit of nostalgia for some and a new experience for a whole new generation. I wish we could find some of the other programmes that are lost, but this is a start."
Called The Last of the Big Spenders, the recovered episode of The Likely Lads was first broadcast on 7th July 1965 and features a youthful Wendy Richards as a guest actress alongside James Bolam and Rodney Bewes as Terry and Bob, lads on the make. Actress Wanda Ventham also co-stars. Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais wrote the sitcom, which ran for three series from 1964 to 1966 and inspired Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? in the 1970s.
‘The Likely Lads’ was originally recorded on 405 line videotape.
