The feud: As Likely Lads star Rodney Bewes dies at 79,
how ironic that it was his real-life rift with his
co-star that gave one of our great comedies its edge.Of all the memorable TV sitcom theme songs over the years, it was the most melancholy, its words the most haunting: ‘Oh, what happened to you, whatever happened to me? What became of the people we used to be?’Rodney Bewes, one half of the hit BBC show Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads, who died yesterday aged 79, asked himself those questions every day of his life for 40 years.His acclaimed double act with co-star James Bolam had ended in an acrimonious telephone call in 1976, after an ill-judged joke sparked an almighty row between them.
27 авг 2024