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The Worst Episodes of The Likely Lads

Every episode of The Likely Lads ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Likely Lads!

The Likely Lads was a black and white British sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and produced by Dick Clement....
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC Two

Worst Episodes Summary

"Outward Bound" is the worst rated episode of "The Likely Lads". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Dick Clement and written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, it aired on 6/4/1966. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Friends and Neighbours".

  • Outward Bound
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    #1 - Outward Bound

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/4/1966

    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 ...

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Friends and Neighbours
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    #2 - Friends and Neighbours

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/11/1966

    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 ...

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Brief Encounter
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    #3 - Brief Encounter

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 6/25/1966

    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.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • The Razor's Edge
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    #4 - The Razor's Edge

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/2/1966

    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.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Anchors Aweigh
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    #5 - Anchors Aweigh

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/9/1966

    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.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement

  • Double Date
    7.0/1039 votes
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    #6 - Double Date

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/23/1964

    A lovelorn Bob is cheered up by a double date.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Entente Cordiale
    7.3/1049 votes
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    #7 - Entente Cordiale

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/16/1964

    The Lads return home from their first foreign holiday, pursued by a French girl they met in Spain.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Older Women Are More Experienced
    7.4/1031 votes
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    #8 - Older Women Are More Experienced

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/30/2001

    Terry finds an older girlfriend, and Bob finds a younger one.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • The Other Side of the Fence
    7.5/1026 votes
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    #9 - The Other Side of the Fence

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/6/1965

    Bob is offered a better job, in management.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Baby,It's Cold Outside
    7.6/107 votes
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    #10 - Baby,It's Cold Outside

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/16/1965

    Bob and Terry have a date with a couple of nurses who are leaving the area in a few days time.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Talk of the Town
    7.6/107 votes
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    #11 - Talk of the Town

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 6/30/2001

    Bob has a hangover and the events of the party the night before are a complete blank.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Last of the Big Spenders
    7.7/1028 votes
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    #12 - Last of the Big Spenders

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/7/1965

    While visiting a department store, Bob and Terry try to impress two pretty demonstrators by buying up most of their products.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Where Have All the Flowers Gone
    7.8/107 votes
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    #13 - Where Have All the Flowers Gone

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/21/1965

    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?".

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • A Star is Born
    7.9/1013 votes
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    #14 - A Star is Born

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/23/1965

    It never pays to criticise someone else's singing if you can't sing yourself.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Far-Away Places
    7.9/1013 votes
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    #15 - Far-Away Places

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/14/1965

    After blowing all their money on the two demonstrators, Bob and Terry have to come up with ways of paying for their planned holiday.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Chance of a Lifetime
    8.0/107 votes
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    #16 - Chance of a Lifetime

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/13/1965

    The Lads are offered the chance to emigrate to Australia.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • The Suitor
    8.0/1032 votes
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    #17 - The Suitor

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/20/1965

    Terry enlists Bob's help to try to get rid of his sister's Italian boyfriend.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Love and Marriage
    8.0/107 votes
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    #18 - Love and Marriage

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/16/1966

    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 ...

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Goodbye to All That
    8.0/1030 votes
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    #19 - Goodbye to All That

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 7/23/1966

    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

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

  • Rocker
    8.2/1032 votes
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    #20 - Rocker

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 6/18/1966

    Bob has bought a second-hand scooter and dreams of Sunday morning rides to the country with a "bird" on the back.

    Director: Dick Clement

    Writer: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais