Bob and Terry were like real people, the sort of lads you might meet down the pub on a night out in Newcastle. Inside Out Quiz 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. Deep down in my heart I like to think it’s just a lie and Kate didn’t really destroy him, that she’s still got him, but no, as far as I know, he’s dead, ashes. It still rankles – it was the one thing I’d held on to. The only time I’ve spoken to her since was eight or nine years ago in Paris. She called me up out of the blue. I just said, “Have you still got the tattoo?” That was the only thing I could think of to say. Sandinista!’ still encapsulates it because there are still a lot of ideas. It’s just about getting everyone in a room and getting on with it.” Doherty’s latest release was the acclaimed collaborative album with French producer and songwriter Frédéric Lo, ‘The Fantasy Life of Poetry & Crime’.

A Likely Lad by Peter Doherty – an appetite for self

Brilliant! The Likely Lads are sorely missed. Will there ever be a repeat of the first series? Is any part of either series on DVD? We gave it a bit of Newcastle pride perhaps. I think when you see the bridges, the art galleries, the coffee bars and the social life and the quays, I think it's progressed a bit - and I hope we all have." Don't quote me - Famous banter... Over the course of 20 episodes, our folk heroes and Geordie partners in crime, Bob Ferris and Terry Collier, extolled the rights and wrongs of everything from beer and birds to Newcastle United and nightlife. The song and the sitcom spoke volumes about the social and economic revolution of the Sixties and Seventies when Tyneside was undergoing a huge transformation. Ant explains, "When Dec and I first moved to London and shared a flat, we had likely lads nights. We've been fans all our lives."verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{

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At the end of the tour we did that ended last month, everyone was really upbeat by the fact that we were all still alive after the various quarantines and John coming and going,” he said. “We were all really upbeat about the future, so I don’t know how or when it’s going to happen but I think it will. Geordie heroes Ant and Dec are big fans and they can remember watching the programme when they were kids. They were inspired by watching the first 'Geordie' actors to make it big on TV. The theme of nostalgia for the past recurs throughout the TV series. In the follow-up Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads we revisit Bob and Terry seven years on, and the social references become more marked. It adds: “In A Likely Lad, Doherty explores his darkest moments. With astonishing frankness – and his trademark wit and humour – he takes us inside decadent parties, substance-fuelled nights, prison and his self-destruction. Doherty also reflects on the turbulent relationships with various significant people in his life across the years. 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".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! Smooth talking TERRY persuades him that a small chain of pubs would be a good idea -with TERRY as overall Manager? Bob and Terry are sometimes accused of being Geordie stereotypes, but there is a warmth and restless edge to the characters which cuts through the stereotypical image of the macho male. The Likely Lads is one of the most enduring shows in television history. Frequently repeated and often hailed as a classic, it gave the North East a voice for the first time when it was originally screened in 1964. 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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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.Moss and Doherty at Glastonbury festival, 2007 – the last time the couple stepped out together. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy Pete Doherty has announced that he’ll publish a memoir called A Likely Lad this summer – get all the details below. Last month, Doherty revealed in an interview that he “nearly lost my feet” while he was battling drug addiction. Today's Newcastle is vastly different from Tyneside in 1964, but what would Terry make of the city 40 years on? Many of the show's master recordings were 'lost' when the master recordings were wiped at the end of the 1960s