The Likely Lads

(BBC sitcom, 1964-6)

Allan Haynes recalls, “two or three shows before the end of the original black and white series: James Bolam and Rodney Bewes take a coach tour to the seaside (actually Littlehampton, but not named as it is rather a long way from Newcastle …) No idea what the coach was now, but bearing in mind the period I imagine it would have been a Bedford or a Ford.” The BBC's policy of wiping recordings in the 1960s and 1970s claimed many episodes of 'The Likely Lads', so it's now unlikely we'll be able to make much more of this sighting.