Talk:Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Possible merge
Shouldn't this page be merged with The Likely Lads ? Jem 08:31, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

No! It's a seprate programme, with seprate concerns and in a seprate (continuous narrative) format. JoeKennedy1979 00:13, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Its the same actors, the same characters, the same writers, set in the same bit of the country, and a continution of ongoing stories. the first episode of whatever picks up from the last of the likely lads (ie: terry going into the army).but a few years apart. ie: a continuation of the same story. nearly every episode of (whatever) refers to the incidents or their friendship in the past. anyway a lot of the material is duplicated across both entries.

its no different to other tv shows that come back after a bit..the royle family is coming back to bbc1 this week after 7 years. thats more time than the gap between the likely lads and whatever happened to..

I'm not saying that whatever was the same. the writers had matured, the actors were older and many people regard it as better (only 9 episodes of the Likely Lads still exist) but its telling the same story. Jem 08:31, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Television changed a lot between the 2 series and not just black and white to colour.The second series has a very different feel to the first not least because the first has a distinctly stagey feel and a lot of it takes place in the workplace.The second series is modern television comedy with all the constant scenee changes that makes possible and for that reason must stand separately.Anyone judging the second series by the first would have no clue as to the huge differences between the two.Not so with your example of the Royle family.Keep it separate.

why tag was added
this article needs to be soured think youOo7565 17:38, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Information coming and going
THe is an anonymous editor using IP addresses beginning 86.29 who has added various info and is now removing it. Maybe there are two of you, one disrupting the other. I don't know. But could someoen please explain hat is going on? If the info is accurate, it is better in than out.--Peter cohen (talk) 15:39, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Accents
It might be worth pointing out in the main article that despite the fact that most of the characters are supposed to be from working-class Newcastle, none have them have "Geordie" accents. Most of the actors adopt a general Northern accent which might be convincing to outsiders but not to anyone from the North of England. James Bolam (from Sunderland) is the only actor who even sounds North-Eastern. The actress who plays his elder sister doesn't sound as though she has been within 100 miles of Newcastle. As an English dialect expert (2.1 degree and 15 years of teaching English Language at A Level) I could add a section to the main article on this topic, but I would welcome opinions before I wade in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.136.165 (talk) 17:42, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, if you were to add a section on dialects, anything making any claims such those made above would have to be referenced to a reliable external source, i.e. a website/book/documentary, etc. If you were to just write a section yourself, it would possibly end up being removed as unverified original research. Bob talk 18:18, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Although looking through the article, it's rather lacking in sources anyway. It's up to you, really. Bob talk 18:29, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

File:Likely Lads3.jpg
Hey, Mtaylor848. I plan to remove File:Likely Lads3.jpg as it does not help readers as much as the other image, File:Likely Lads1.jpg. The former shows characters on vehicle trunks but from the very distance. It's harder for a reader to see characters very closely. May you please allow me? George Ho (talk) 21:36, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

I decided to PROD the image, Mtaylor848. George Ho (talk) 01:13, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Terry's Wife
In the section, 'Unseen Characters', it says that Terry's German wife, Jutta, "was due to appear at Bob and Thelma's wedding" but did not, although actress April Walker appears in the end credits. This is not quite accurate.

The intention of the series' writers was to introduce Jutta right at the end of the episode (the last episode of Series 1) and then have her as a regular character in Series 2. However, after Series 1 had been completed, Clement and La Frenais started writing Series 2 and found that their ideas for including Jutta as a regular character were not working as well as they had hoped. Eventually, they decided to scrap the idea and have Terry pursue a romance with Thelma's sister, Susan, instead. This meant that the ending of the last episode of Series 1 had to be changed. In the original version, Terry waves off Bob and Thelma as they board the plane for their honeymoon; then goes back into the airport lounge and runs straight into Jutta, who has flown in from Germany in the hope of making another go of their marriage. There follows a scene which introduces Jutta as a character and sets up the situation for Series 2; when she and Terry will try living together. In the version that was broadcast, that last scene is cut out and the episode ends with Terry waving off Bob and Thelma. As a result, it is the only episode of, 'Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads' that does not end with a joke.

Although one might think that amending the credits would have been an easy thing to do, it was actually an expensive and time-consuming process - so much so that even big Hollywood movies sometimes ended up with credits that did not reflect late casting changes (eg. Darren McGavin is absent from the credits for the Robert Redford film, 'The Natural' (1984), despite playing a major supporting role). So April Walker, despite not appearing on screen, still appeared in the credits. 2.31.195.253 (talk) 12:28, 22 July 2020 (UTC)