The lads have just returned from holiday where Bob has lost his heart to a French girl named Louise - at least from afar as he never actually spoke to her. He soon learns that Terry gave her his address and the young lady is coming over to see him and bringing a friend. Bob is persuaded to make up a foursome with a heavy heart ...
Bob is despondent after another failed romance but Terry has heard it all before and, when two young ladies enter the cafe they are in, Terry persuades a reluctant Bob to give dating another go. It's not long before Bob has fallen in love again but these two prove expensive ...
Bob and Terry have an argument over Bob's encyclopaedic knowledge of 'Rupert The Bear' Annuals. Broadcast as part of a 90 minute Christmas Day special on BBC 1 called 'Christmas Night with the Stars'.
Freda, the new canteen manageress, is causing quite a stir and Terry fancies his chances with a more mature woman. He bets Bob he will be going out with her by the end of the day and is full of himself when she asks him to do a job for her that evening. Bob also has a date but he has not actually met the mysterious Sheila Mills yet ...
When Bob is seconded to the drawing office he witnesses a whole new life and is keen to better himself. Terry has noticed the change and disapproves, so Bob invites him to a social gathering of his new office workers - but he be able to stop Terry from speaking his mind?
The Lads are offered the chance to emigrate to Australia.
Terry is worried that his sister, Audrey, has been seeing hairdresser Mario, alias Ernie from Hull, for far too long and neglecting her mates.
Bob and Terry have a date with a couple of nurses who are leaving the area in a few days time.
It never pays to criticise someone else's singing if you can't sing yourself.
Bob has a hangover and the events of the party the night before are a complete blank.
While visiting a department store, Bob and Terry try to impress two pretty demonstrators by buying up most of their products.
After blowing all their money on the two demonstrators, Bob and Terry have to come up with ways of paying for their planned holiday.
A wedding for one of Terry's relatives causes tongues to wag - "when are you and Bob going to get married, isn't it about time?".
Bob's idea of a weekend away starts to interest Terry when he is told the place they are going to is full of beatniks - to him that means free love! They decide to hitch-hike but Terry gets blisters and complains all the way there. When they arrive they find the place they were going to stop in has been demolished and it is too late to get a bus or a train home. Their only salvation is the two young ladies camping in a nearby field ...
Bob has a dilemma - he is dating 17 year old Lorna Perrin and gets on well with her middle-class parents. Next door to the Perrin's is a vile old man who wears braces and spits - he is staying there while the owner is in Canada. The problem for Bob is the "vile" old man is Terry's grandad and he has to choose sides - a class war breaks out between the two ...
Bob has bought a second-hand scooter and dreams of Sunday morning rides to the country with a "bird" on the back. As he is still a learner, Terry helps him to come to terms with the Highway Code but when it comes to the practical Bob has a problem with his emergency stop!
Bob and Terry are at the local dance hall and having little success finding a dance partner. They decide to split up to change their luck and Bob strikes lucky with Ursula who he arranges to meet the following day. When he asks to walk her home she refuses as she has already promised that pleasure to another - Terry!
Bob has had chicken pox and Terry has kept away from his friend for 3 weeks in order not to catch it. When he does pluck up the courage to see him, he finds Bob has grown a beard and this new facial decoration causes problems at work. Bob is told to shave it off and Terry is indignant because other people have beards - he threatens a strike!
After friends pull out of a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads, Bob persuades Terry to take up the offer when he explains that it would be a great way to meet girls. So it seems as Terry makes a date with Sally who runs the boatyard but Bob scuppers his plans when he launches the boat earlier than expected ... Terry is determined to take revenge.
While they await the start of a mate's stag night, Terry and Bob are pleased to see Duggie, an old friend who is now married with a baby. Taking pity on his lack of a social life, they keep him in the pub and get him drunk. At the same time they conclude that married life really does put a crimp in your happiness ...
It seems that Bob is tiring of his home town and wants to join the army in order to see the world. Terry thinks he is just down because Thelma Chambers has dumped him but is surprised when Bob goes through with it. Terry struggles to adjust to his best friends departure and eventually joins up himself ... but he is in for a very big surprise!
Likely Lads was inspired by the popular British television series of the same name. Returning to their TV roles after an absence of several years are Rodney Bewes and James Bolam, playing a pair of Northern English screw-ups. With their girl friends in tow, Bewes and Bolam embark on a motor trip, running into one comic dilemma after another.
