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Audrey Collier
Audrey Collier is a character in the television series ''The Likely Lads'', ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads'' and the film adaptation of ''The Likely Lads''. She is portrayed by Sheila Fearn throughout the series. Character Audrey is the elder sister of Terry Collier. In ''The Likely Lads'' she lives with her parents and Terry. Terry and her are shown to bicker over trivial differences in a childish manner, much to the dismay of their mother, Edith. Audrey returns in ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads'', where she is shown to be married with children and like Bob she has left the area where she grew up and now lives on a new estate. Her marriage to Ernie (Ronald Lacey Ronald William Lacey (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor. He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included Harris in ''Porridge'' (1977), Frankie in the Bud Spencer comedy ''Ch ...) is portrayed to be largely unhappy, by stateme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Likely Lads
''The Likely Lads'' is a British sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and produced by Dick Clement. Twenty episodes were broadcast by the BBC, in three series, between 16 December 1964 and 23 July 1966. However, only ten of these episodes have survived. This show was followed by a sequel series, in colour, entitled ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'', broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 24 December 1974. This was followed in 1976 by a spin-off feature film '' The Likely Lads''. Some episodes of both the original black and white series and the colour sequel were adapted for BBC radio with the original television cast. 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). Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads
''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'' is a British sitcom which was broadcast on BBC One, BBC1 between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974. It was the colour 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 BBC Radio 4, 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 did not speak again before Bewes' death in November 2017. 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 attem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Likely Lads (film)
''The Likely Lads'' is a 1976 British comedy film directed by Michael Tuchner, starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes. It is a spin-off from ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'', although it shares its title with the earlier 1960s British television series ''The Likely Lads'', of which ''Whatever'' was the sequel. The screenplay is by the scriptwriters of the television show, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais; and the principal roles of Bob and Terry, as well as those of Bob's wife Thelma and Terry's sister Audrey, are played by the original television cast. This film was the final screen appearance of Bewes and Bolam together. At the time of the film's release, the two had fallen out over a quarrel involving the press, and never spoke to each other again. Bolam denied there was a rift between the two men when Bewes died in November 2017. Plot An opening pre-credits sequence shows the conception of both Lads during a Second World War air raid. After the opening titles the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Fearn
Sheila Fearn (born 3 October 1940 in Leicester) is an English retired actress best known for playing Audrey, the sister of Terry Collier in BBC situation comedies ''The Likely Lads'' and ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'', and also later on as Ann Fourmile, the next door neighbour in the Thames Television sitcom ''George and Mildred''. Early life She attended Gateway Girls Grammar School on Elbow Lane in Leicester, which closed in 1960. Career On film she appeared in ''Billy Liar'' (1963), '' Catch Us If You Can'' (1965) and ''Time Bandits'' (1981), as well as the film versions of both ''The Likely Lads'' (1976) and ''George and Mildred'' (1980). Fearn's other television credits include ''Adam Adamant Lives!'', ''Paul Temple'', ''Crown Court'', ''East of Ipswich'' by Michael Palin, ''Emergency – Ward 10'', ''Thriller'' (1 episode, 1974), '' Walter'', ''Z-Cars'' and '' The Avengers''. She also played Freddie, a girlfriend of Ronnie Corbett's character Timothy, in '' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Collier
Terence Daniel Collier is a character in British sitcoms ''The Likely Lads'', ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'', and ''The Likely Lads'' film. He is played by Sunderland-born actor James Bolam. In ''The Likely Lads'' Terry works with friend Bob Ferris as an electrician at Ellison's Electricals, before joining the British Army. During his time in the army, he married a West German woman, Jutta Baumgarten, from whom he separates a few months later. Terry's army service is not shown, nor is his marriage (although his wife was due to appear in the episode "End of an Era" and remains on the credits despite the scene being cut). ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads'' begins with Terry's discharge from the army, and for the duration of the series he spends most of his time unemployed, although he takes brief temporary work as a car washer, hospital porter, forklift truck driver, and finally as a minicab driver. In ''The Likely Lads'' film, he works briefly as a mobile salesma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Ferris (Likely Lads)
Robert Andrew Scarborough Ferris is a fictional character in British sitcoms ''The Likely Lads'' and ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'' and in ''The Likely Lads'' film, played by Bingley-born actor Rodney Bewes. He is single in ''The Likely Lads'', marries Thelma Chambers in ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'' and is still married to her in the film. He works as an electrician and later as a civil engineer. Bob is a long-term friend of Terry Collier. Early life Bob was conceived in Scarborough (hence his middle name) by unmarried parents, the day before his father was posted to Catterick by the British Army. Bob was born on 22 February 1944 into a working-class family. Once he started school, he proved to be an impressionable child, on his own being conscientious, but being easily coaxed into trouble by friends, particularly Terry. At an early age Bob and Terry got into mild trouble, stealing Dinky toys from Woolworths and a hosepipe from a care home. Bob left sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Lacey
Ronald William Lacey (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor. He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included Harris in ''Porridge'' (1977), Frankie in the Bud Spencer comedy ''Charleston'' (1978), SD agent Sturmbannführer Arnold Ernst Toht in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981) and the Bishop of Bath and Wells in ''Blackadder II'' (1986). Early life Lacey was born and grew up in Harrow, Middlesex. He received his formal education at Harrow Weald Grammar School. After a brief period of national service in the British Armed Forces, he enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art to train as an actor. Career Lacey began his acting career in 1959 in a television play, ''The Secret Agent''. His first significant performance was at the Royal Court Theatre in 1962's ''Chips with Everything''. Lacey had an unusual 'pug' look, with beady eyes, an upturned nose, liver lips, an overbite, receding chin and no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictional Housewives
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, "fiction" refers to written narratives in prose often referring specifically to novels, novellas, and short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any medium, including not just writings but also live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Definition Typically, the fictionality of a work is publicly marketed and so the audience expects the work to deviate in some ways from the real world rather than presenting, for instance, only factually accurate portrayals or characters who are actual people. Because fiction is generally understood to not fully adhere to the real world, the themes and context ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
