Capital Celluloid 2019 - Day 71: Tue Mar 12

The Likely Lads (Tuchner, 1976): Prince Charles Cinema, 6.30pm



Prince Charles Cinema introduction to this special evening:
The evening begins with a restored presentation of the feature film "The Likely Lads" [1976] : Spinning off from the BAFTA-winning 1970s sequel to the incredibly popular 1960s sitcom, James Bolam and Rodney Bewes star as Terry Collier and Bob Ferris, two life-long friends with vastly different outlooks on life. This feature presentation has been beautifully restored from original film elements.

And the night just gets better, for the very first time since they last aired over 50 years ago, we present two recently recovered episodes from the original BBCTV series:

A Star is Born: With one eye on a £25 prize and the other on Rhona the barmaid, Terry enters himself and Bob as a singing duo in a talent night at the local: but the lads can't agree on the choice of song, or who gets first billing in the group name...

Far Away Places: The lads are contemplating their summer holiday, but lack of money is a problem: as is the choice of destination. Bob favours the continent, while Terry is all for tradition and can't be persuaded to go abroad...

Then, to round off the evening, Likely Lads creators Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais will join us for a very special Q&A session.

Here (and above) is a compilation of Likely Lads material.

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