Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

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Classic 70s sitcom about two lads from Newcastle

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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?: Series 1: Episode 1: Stranger on a Train

Stranger on a Train

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Episode 1: Stranger on a Train

BBC One - Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Series 1, Stranger on a Train

Bob and Terry meet on the last train home and the events of the past few years flood out.

Classic 70s sitcom. Five years have passed. Bob and Terry meet by chance on the last train home and the events of the past few years flood out.

Five years have passed. Bob has travelled to London to buy a wedding present and Terry has returned from Cyprus after a spell in the army. By chance, they meet on the last train home and the events of the past few years flood out.

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?: Series 1

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Sitcom based around the friendship of two working-class young men in north east England.

Sitcom sequel to The Likely Lads based around the friendship, resumed after five years apart, of two working-class young men in north east England.

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