James Bolam denies he had a feud with Likely Lads co-star Rodney Bewes
James Bolam said the lack of contact between him and now dead co-star Rodney Bewes was because they both had busy schedules
THE Likely Lads’ James Bolam yesterday denied there was a feud between him and Rodney Bewes.
The pair were household names in the 1960s and ’70s, with Bolam as Terry Collier opposite Bewes’s Bob Ferris.
But later they did not speak for decades. Rodney died aged 79 on Tuesday and Bolam, 82, said the lack of contact was because they both had busy schedules.
He told BBC Radio Sussex: “There was no fall-out at all, as far as I was concerned.
"We worked together very happily and very well, enjoyed each other’s company and when we finished, we finished.
“This is what happens in acting — you work with people and have a great time, the job finishes and you go off and it all starts again with other people.
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“You can’t keep contact with everybody.
“I think Rodney wanted to do some more Likely Lads and I never did. I felt that what we had done was to me so perfect and so right...
“I just remember him with great warmth and great happiness and the time we had when we actually did the shows, that’s the greatest memory of all.”