How are Bob Ferris and Terry Collier known collectively?
Terry Collier Terry Collier Terence Daniel Collier is a character in British sitcoms "The Likely Lads", "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?", and "The Likely Lads" film. He is played by Sunderland-born actor James Bolam. In "The Likely Lads" Terry works with friend Bob Ferris as an electrician at Ellison's Electricals, before joining the British Army. During his time in the Army he married a West German woman, Jutta Baumgarten, from whom he separates a few months later. Terry's army service is not shown, nor is his marriage (although his wife was due to appear in the episode 'End of an Era',
Terry Collier signing on for a further two, which means he should have been discharged in 1971. In the first episode, when Terry asks Bob how things have changed while he was away, Bob mentions that they can now receive BBC2, with Terry replying that they were able to before he left. BBC2 did not arrive in the North East until 1967, which implies that Terry had not joined the Army. During "Moving On", when discussing the various changes in Newcastle during Terry's time away, he asks if "there is one pre-1967 brick left standing on top of another" and in the