Summary
QUESTIONWhy does no one in the TV series The Likely Lads have a Geordie accent although it is set in Newcastle upon Tyne?
THE successful Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais BBC sitcom The Likely Lads ran for 21 episodes in three series between December 1964 and July 1966.See the full content of this document
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Of Tyne and Beer ; Answers to Correspondents [Scot Region]
It was the story of a friendship between two opposites; ambitious Bob Ferris (Rodney Bewes) and cynical jack-the-lad Terry Collier (James Bowlam). The series followed them around the pubs of Newcastle in search of beer and birds, chewing the fat over several pints of brown ale and ending up in all manner of scrapes.
Their accents aren't the rich Geordie of Auf Wiedersehen Pet but are certainly Geo...See the full content of this document
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