Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (TV Series) Affairs and Relations (1974) User Reviews

A Wonderfully Funny Episode.

[Hotwok2013 · 10/10 · 14 March 2017]

Callum Gee in his review called it "probably the best comedy sequel of all time" & I would entirely agree with that. Glenn Aylett called it "the best sitcom of the 1970's". I cannot agree with that because I must give that accolade to Fawlty Towers, but I would happily give it my nomination as the second best. This particular episode "Affairs & Relations", however, is as funny as any of the best of Fawlty Towers. It is utterly hilarious throughout & plays kind of like a Brian Rix bedroom farce. Bob (Rodney Bewes) & Terry (James Bolam) are on a fishing expedition & get a room in the local small hotel. Here they unexpectedly bump into Bob's wife Thelma's father played by Bill Owen who has a rather attractive secretary with him, Beryl played by Ann Hamilton. Bob would like to believe there is a perfectly good reason why his father-in-law has her in tow. Terry tells him, "There is, he's a randy old sod!". The hotel has employed a sexy barmaid played by Carole Ann Ford who fancies Terry & keeps making suggestive comments to him. When Bob's wife Thelma (Brigit Forsyth) turns up later she gets the wrong end of the stick & thinks something is going on between Bob & Beryl. Thelma doesn't suspect her father at all & she cannot help noticing that Terry cannot remember Beryl's name. It all turns into a really marvellous comic farce. 10/10 with a gold star!.

Not dated at all

[larry-485-161583 · 10/10 · 17 March 2015]

This incredibly funny episode was on TV yesterday evening and I was rolling about with laughter all the way through it. Terry and Bob go away for a "boys only" fishing weekend. However,,,,,,they are distracted by the rather dishy bar maid (Carol Anne Ford, the original Dr Who girl). Also, Bob's father in law turns up at the same hotel with a rather attractive horizontal secretary. To further complicate matters Bob's wife arrives and the next twenty minutes are straight out of a Brian Rix farce. However, that does not mean that the comedy has dated in any way although fussy PC types my pretend to disapprove. An easy ten out of ten for a series made over forty years ago. Modern "comedy" writers please take note.