So farewell, then, Rodney Bewes.

He was most famous as one of The Likely Lads in the 1960s TV series of the same name. Of the twenty episodes braodcast only eight survive of which the following is one.

It was fondly remembered and a sequel series Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? was broadcast in the 1970s. (I featured its theme tune here.)

In between these two series I remember Bewes appearing with Basil Brush as “Mr Rodney”.

Unlike his co-star as a Likely Lad, James Bolam, Bewes never quite managed to escape the shadow of his character, Bob Ferris, in the public consciousness, though he worked extensively on stage.

Rodney Bewes: 27/11/1937 – 21/11/2017. So it goes.