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Terry Collier and Bob Ferris are good friends. Terry was working class and secure in his life, whereas Bob was more aspirational, determined to work his way to a better place. Both viewed the others'

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Likely Lads Season 3 Episode 5 - The Razor's Edge
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E5

    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
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  2. The Likely Lads Season 1 Episode 2 - Double Date
    6.9/10(41 votes)

    S1:E2

    A lovelorn Bob is cheered up by a double date.

    Director:Dick Clement
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  3. The Likely Lads Season 1 Episode 1 - Entente Cordiale
    7.2/10(53 votes)

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Dick Clement
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  4. The Likely Lads Season 1 Episode 3 - Older Women Are More Experienced
    7.2/10(32 votes)

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Dick Clement
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  5. The Likely Lads Season 3 Episode 4 - Brief Encounter
    7.2/10(7 votes)

    S3:E4

    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
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  6. The Likely Lads Season 1 Episode 4 - The Other Side of the Fence
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    S1:E4

    Bob is offered a better job, in management.

    Director:Dick Clement
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  7. The Likely Lads Season 2 Episode 4 - Last of the Big Spenders
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    S2:E4

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

    Director:Dick Clement
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  8. The Likely Lads Season 3 Episode 1 - Outward Bound
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    S3:E1

    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
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  9. The Likely Lads Season 3 Episode 2 - Friends and Neighbours
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    S3:E2

    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
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  10. The Likely Lads Season 3 Episode 6 - Anchors Aweigh
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    S3:E6

    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

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  11. The Likely Lads Season 2 Episode 1 - Baby,It's Cold Outside
    7.5/10(8 votes)

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Dick Clement
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  12. The Likely Lads Season 2 Episode 2 - A Star is Born
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    S2:E2

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

    Director:Dick Clement
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  13. The Likely Lads Season 2 Episode 3 - Talk of the Town
    7.5/10(9 votes)

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Dick Clement
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  14. The Likely Lads Season 2 Episode 5 - Far-Away Places
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    S2:E5

    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
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  15. The Likely Lads Season 2 Episode 6 - Where Have All the Flowers Gone
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    S2:E6

    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
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  16. The Likely Lads Season 1 Episode 5 - Chance of a Lifetime
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    S1:E5

    The Lads are offered the chance to emigrate to Australia.

    Director:Dick Clement
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  17. The Likely Lads Season 3 Episode 7 - Love and Marriage
    7.7/10(8 votes)

    S3:E7

    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
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  18. The Likely Lads Season 3 Episode 8 - Goodbye to All That
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    S3:E8

    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
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  19. The Likely Lads Season 1 Episode 6 - The Suitor
    7.9/10(37 votes)

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Dick Clement
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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  20. The Likely Lads Season 3 Episode 3 - Rocker
    8.0/10(36 votes)

    S3:E3

    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
    Writers:Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Razor's Edge" is the worst rated episode of "The Likely Lads". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Dick Clement and written by Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement, it aired on 7/2/1966. This episode scored 6.9 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Double Date".