Mon, Feb 19, 1973
England are playing Bulgaria at football and Flint, whom the lads meet in the hairdressers, bets the pair they cannot get through the day without learning the result. Despite Flint's efforts to pass the news on to them, they survive, or so they think, but Bob has left his front door open ....
Mon, Apr 1, 1974
Terry is up in court for fighting in the pub with local lad Dougie Scaithe and is found guilty and is fined. Unaware that Terry and Dougie have patched it up, Bob confronts Dougie and also gets into a fight with him, landing before the same magistrate who fined Terry. In the pub the likely lads argue over which is the better fighter and decide to have a practical demonstration. Unfortunately the magistrate just happens to be in the pub as well and witnesses their set-to.
Mon, Feb 4, 1974
After Terry is winded playing football Bob accuses him of being out of shape and challenges him to a cycle race to Berwick. Needless to say both cheat, hitching lifts and sabotaging each other but they duly arrive in Berwick. Too tired to cycle home, they go to the station only to find there are no trains till next day as it's a Sunday.
Mon, Dec 23, 1974
Terry has passed his driving test and is working as a mini-cab driver. It's Christmas and Bob and Thelma are off to a dance and have Terry as their cab driver. However Bob and Thelma row when he meets up with an old girl-friend. She asks Terry to drive her home, unaware that Bob & his ex are hiding in the back. The ex forces Bob to drive her home, leading Terry to believe somebody has stolen his car.
Sun, Mar 3, 1974
Terry and Bob are staying at a country hotel for a fishing weekend, Bob feeling guilty about not bringing Thelma, when they meet Thelma's father, accompanied by his secretary Beryl for an illicit weekend. When Thelma turns up to say she misses Bob she jumps to conclusions and assumes he is cheating on her but Beryl saves the day - to Terry's advantage though Thelma's father is disappointed.
Mon, Apr 2, 1973
The wedding day dawns with Terry, now reinstated as best man, less than happy about it being on a Saturday when he could be watching sports and bitter about Jutta, his estranged wife back in Germany. Nonetheless he is a tower of strength to nervous Bob in church and, at the reception, presents the happy couple with a photograph album and makes a complimentary speech about Thelma. As he sees the newly-weds off at the airport for their honeymoon in Norway he and Bob agree that it is the end of an era.
Mon, Apr 8, 1974
Terry hears that his great uncle Jacob has died in the rest home where he lived and where he made life difficult for everybody with his selfishness. Terry sees this as individualism but, after he has accidentally brought the cremation forward, he and Bob meet a man from whom Jacob perpetually sponged. Bob draws comparisons between the two with himself as the stooge and Terry as the user and tells him he is planning to see less of him, though Terry has already told Thelma they will be off drinking together.
Sun, Feb 3, 1974
Bob is arrested for being over the limit whilst driving home and taken to the police station, where he meets Terry, who has been arrested for fighting at a football match. As Bob is scared that he will lose his licence, Terry agrees to change identities with him for the blood test. Bob subsequently spends a night in the cells (as Terry), and then appears in court and is fined. Just when they are celebrating the success of their swap, Bob realises that Terry had also been drinking the previous evening and the blood sample he gave (as Bob) is even more likely to prove over the limit.