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Jayasree Kabir obituary

Actor who was a celebrated figure of Bangladeshi cinema after being discovered by the Indian director Satyajit Ray

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30

What links Selena Gomez, James Bolam and David Jason? The Saturday quiz

From grasshopper pie and Scotch woodcock to Welsh rabbit, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2025

Brigit Forsyth: Legendary Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? actress dies at 83

She is best remembered for playing the wife of Rodney Bewes' Bob in the hit show

Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2023

Greater Manchester Police hope 'New Tricks' cops will boost crimefighting

"The returning officers have a wide range of skills that are exactly what GMP is looking for."

Manchester Evening News · Feb 14, 2023

Where was this Tyneside location from TV's Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? was first broadcast during 1973 and 1974 and featured locations filmed around Tyneside - including this one for a well-known episode called The Great Race

Chronicle Live · Jan 18, 2023

50 years of a North East television classic - Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

At 8.30pm on Tuesday, January 9, 1973, BBC1 unveiled a new comedy series set on Tyneside called Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? It would be a huge success

Chronicle Live · Jan 9, 2023

A TV Likely Lad standing on Newcastle United's Gallowgate End terraces

Fifty years ago, actor Rodney Bewes and writer Ian La Frenais toured Tyneside looking for possible outside locations - including St James' Park - for a new TV sitcom, Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

Chronicle Live · Jul 25, 2022

Amanda Redman says Dennis Waterman's death from lung cancer 'knocked her sideways'

Amanda Redman and Dennis Waterman had known each other for 40 years and worked on huge BBC hit drama New Tricks together for a decade

Daily Mirror · Jul 22, 2022