Of the main cast only James Bolam had the right accent for the setting. Rodney Bewes made little or no attempt to hide his native Yorkshire accent, relying on the dialogue to convey Bob's North-Eastern credentials. (In fact relatively few characters in either this or The Likely Lads (1964) have appropriate accents, including every other member of the Collier family.)
The death of Rodney Bewes in 2017 ended any possibility of a reconciliation between Bewes and Bolam, who had not spoken to each other for forty years. However, Bolam subsequently stated there had been no "falling out" and they had simply gone their separate ways after working together and were never close friends just work colleagues.
In interviews in his final years Rodney Bewes would often claim that James Bolam had vetoed repeats of the series. The reality, however, was that, since the series finished its run in 1974, episodes from both versions of the sitcom had been repeated on BBC One or Two in 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004, plus 2013 and 2015, in addition to countless re-runs on the satellite channels, as well as numerous repeats of the BBC radio adaptations, and have remained an option in terms of subsequent mainstream repeats. Bolam also said he never had any power to veto repeats, even if he had wanted to.
Terrance Daniel Collier's birthday is 29th of February 1944.