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Brigit Forsyth obituary

Actor who played Thelma, Bob’s prim girlfriend, in the 1970s sitcom Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023

Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? star Brigit Forsyth dies aged 83

She died ‘peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her family’ in the early hours of Friday morning.

Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2023

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

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Then and Now: A famous Newcastle scene from TV's Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

The title sequence of 1973's Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? showed different areas of Newcastle, including this one, under transformation - but how does the location look 50 years later?

Chronicle Live · Apr 13, 2023

Then and Now: The Newcastle street where TV Likely Lad Terry Collier took his driving test

Fifty years after Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? first appeared on television, we've been revisiting some of the Tyneside and Northumberland outdoor locations that appeared in the show

Chronicle Live · Mar 1, 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

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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

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