A Likely Lad

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Since The Libertines rose to international fame, Doherty has proved endlessly fascinating. A whirlwind of controversy and scandal has tailed him ever since the early 2000s, so much so that all too often his talents as a songwriter and performer have been overlooked; for every award and accolade, there is a scathing review. Hard drugs, tiny gigs on the hoof, huge stadium shows, collaborations, obliterations, gangsters and groupies – Doherty has led a life of huge highs and incredible lows. La Frenais believes that Bob and Thelma with their aspirations and attempts at self-improvement would also have embraced the new North East.

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The Likely Lads was a revolution in television - there were no other programmes set on Tyneside when it was first broadcast. The enduring success of The Likely Lads owes much to its timeless humour, its nostalgia for the past, and the camaraderie between its two Geordie characters. Many of the show's master recordings were 'lost' when the master recordings were wiped at the end of the 1960s There had been times in the past when photos had been taken off my phone and used in the press, so after the “High As a Kate” thing Kate turned against me. She said, if you didn’t sell the photos, how did they get in the papers? And I couldn’t say. I just presumed a friend of mine must have done it. When Kate found out I hadn’t finished the treatment, she told me point-blank that that was it, there was no way we could see each other now. I said, yeah, but you were supposed to come and get me in a helicopter for a day trip to the Grand Canyon. The split was all over the press. Kate was quoted in the Mirror saying, “I wish I’d never met him. He’s a user in every sense of the word.” Everything was falling apart.

Geordie stereotypes?

Terry "I haven't got much time for the Irish or the Welsh, and the Scots are worse than the Koreans".

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He'd find plenty to moan about, but he'd see what the city had achieved architecturally and culturally, and he'd be proud," says his creator Ian La Frenais. Two series of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads were made between 1970 and 1973 plus a Christmas SpecialIt comes as no surprise that the Geordie duo chose to make A Tribute to the Likely Lads based on the famous football episode of the original in 2002. Rodney Bewes even made a cameo appearance. Faraway places

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Terry is renowned for his bigoted views and old-fashioned attitudes, but he's also a moaner and a cynic, criticising all and everything around him. Terry "I don't just hate Chelsea. I hate Arsenal, Spurs, Crystal Palace, West Ham… In fact I hate all London clubs". The only thing to look forward to… is the past", goes the lyric of the title song of the TV series.

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In fact none of the main actors in The Likely Lads was a Geordie. Rodney Bewes was born and bred in Yorkshire, James Bolam was a Sunderland lad, and Brigit Forsyth came from Edinburgh. Bob and Terry became Geordie icons, as well known as Andy Capp and as revered as football heroes like Malcolm McDonald and Bobby Moncur. Goodbye to all that The North East setting was also new to television, and it paved the way for Geordie dramas and comedies such as When The Boat Comes In, Auf Wiedersehen Pet and Spender.

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Marvellous series - the sequel was better than the first series. Now a third would be better again. Come on lads - it's what your public wants!

Terry "To tell you the truth I don't much like anyone outside this town. And there aren't many families down our street that I can stand". Last month, Doherty revealed in an interview that he “nearly lost my feet” while he was battling drug addiction.