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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?•Season 2•Episode 5

The Great Race

9.0/10 · 84 votesFeb 5, 197430 min

Ranked #1 of 13 in Season 2•+0.6 vs season avg

Bob and Terry argue about fitness over a pint and challenge each other to a cross-country cycle race to see who's the fittest.

Directed byBernard Thompson

Written byDick Clement, Ian La Frenais

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Seasons2

Season 2 Episodes13

Absent Friends

Heart to Heart

The Ant and the Grasshopper

One For the Road

E5 9.0Now viewing

The Great Race

Some Day We'll Laugh About All This

In Harm's Way

Affairs and Relations

The Expert

Between Ourselves

The Go-Between

Conduct Unbecoming

The Shape of Things to Come

Cast2

Rodney Bewes

Rodney Bewes

Bob Ferris

James Bolam

James Bolam

Terry Collier

Crew4

Dick Clement

Dick Clement

Writer

Ian La Frenais

Ian La Frenais

Writer

B

Bill Harris

Editor

B

Bernard Thompson

Director

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Episode Summary

"The Great Race" is episode 5 of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? season 2. It scored 9.0/10 from 84 votes, ranking #1 of 13 episodes this season (season average 8.4). Directed by Bernard Thompson and written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, it aired on February 5, 1974.

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