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{{unreferenced|date=September 2016}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}}{{italic title|string=Likely Lads|all=yes}}
{{Infobox character
| colour = #595959
| name = Bob Ferris
| series = [[The Likely Lads]], [[Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads]], [[The Likely Lads (film)|The Likely Lads film]]
| image =
| caption = Bob Ferris in [[Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads]]
| first = "Entente Cordiale" (''The Likely Lads'')
| last = ''The Likely Lads'' (film)
| creator =
| portrayer = [[Rodney Bewes]]
| nickname =
| alias =
| gender = Male
| lbl21 = Birth date
| data21 = 22 February 1944
| occupation = Electrician (formerly)<br>Civil engineer
| title =
| family = Leslie Ferris (father, deceased)<br/>Alice Ferris (mother)
| spouse = Thelma Chambers
| children =
| religion =
| nationality = British
}}

'''Robert Andrew Scarborough Ferris''' is a fictional character in British sitcoms ''[[The Likely Lads]]'' and ''[[Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?]]'' and in [[The Likely Lads (film)|''The Likely Lads'' film]], played by [[Bingley]]-born actor [[Rodney Bewes]]. He is single in ''The Likely Lads'', marries Thelma Chambers in ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'' and is still married to her in the film. He works as an [[electrician]] and later as a [[civil engineer]]. Bob is a long-term friend of [[Terry Collier]].

==Early life==
Bob was conceived in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] (hence his middle name) by unmarried parents, the day before his father was posted to [[Catterick Garrison|Catterick]] by the [[British Army]]. Bob was born on 22 February 1944 into a working-class family. Once he started school, he proved to be an impressionable child, on his own being conscientious, but being easily coaxed into trouble by friends, particularly Terry. At an early age Bob and Terry got into mild trouble, stealing [[Dinky Toys|Dinky]] toys from [[Woolworths Group (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]] and a hosepipe from a care home. Bob left school to become an electrical apprentice with Ellisons Electrical. While serving his apprenticeship, he also attended night school, eventually becoming a qualified electrician. In the last episode of ''The Likely Lads'', he signs up for the British Army but is discharged for having [[flat feet]]. Terry, who only signs up in order to be alongside his friend, is accepted, and goes on to serve in [[West Germany]].

==Personality==
Bob is keener than Terry to mask his [[working-class]] roots. After marrying Thelma Chambers, Bob aspires to be accepted into the middle class, much to Terry's disgust. Bob enjoys playing [[Squash (sport)|squash]] with wife Thelma, but equally enjoys drinking with Terry. He often blames his drinking and smoking on Terry, and also his poor diet. Although that is in part true, Bob needs little persuasion to stay out drinking with Terry rather than going home to his wife.

Bob Is hard-working, conscientious, fairly conventional, and (unlike Terry) ambitious, although he Is usually in need of guidance in order to achieve his ambitions. However, he is not particularly assertive, which makes him easily led by his headstrong wife Thelma and equally headstrong friend Terry.

Despite Bob's ambition and enjoyment of his new-found status, he has often defended Terry's 'down-to-earth' and 'unpretentious' ways, on one occasion even offending one of his own and Thelma's friends in order to defend Terry.

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[[Category:Television characters introduced in 1964]]
[[Category:Fictional engineers]]
[[Category:Likely Lads series characters]]