Article: : The Likeliest lad; ORIGINALLY I had been due to rendezvous with Ian La Frenais back in September last year.(Features)

Byline: David Whetstone

An interview had been set up in a bus not far from Middlesbrough's famous Transporter Bridge, one of the main locations for the new series of Auf Weidersehen, Pet. Unfortunately, it never happened.

La Frenais had flown into Britain only to find the airline had accidentally paired him off with a suitcase full of women's clothes.

It was brave of him to fly. This was days after the atrocities of September 11 and everyone was jittery, particularly those connected with air travel.

But courage has its limits and striding forth onto the streets of mid-morning Middlesbrough, clean, fresh but dressed as a member of the ...

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