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Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

7.8
4 seasons
38 episodes
Ended
Comedy
Drama

Plot Summary

Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Dusseldorf. We follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.

First Aired:November 11, 1983
Last Aired:February 8, 2004
Episode Runtime:50m
Networks:
ITV1, BBC One
Created By:
Franc Roddam

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (5)

Series 1

Series 1

13 episodes

Aired: 1983

Seven out-of-work construction workers from various parts of England who are forced to look for work in West Germany. They find work on a German building site in Dusseldorf but despite promises of hostel accommodation, are forced to live in a small hut that reminds them of a World War II POW camp.

Series 2

Series 2

13 episodes

Aired: 1986

1986 saw the boys reunited, initially to help Barry complete extensive building work on his new home in Wolverhampton. Dennis is working for a crooked businessman, Ally Fraser, to whom he owes money. Dennis encourages the rest of the gang to help renovate a country manor house owned by Fraser, Thornely Manor, but they end up falling foul of the locals. Fraser invites the boys to Spain to refurbish his swimming pool at his Spanish villa.

Series 3

Series 3

6 episodes

Aired: 2002

Series 4

Series 4

6 episodes

Aired: 2004

The characters now work as building subcontractors for the British Embassy after a building job in Moscow goes badly wrong and are given a tip off from a friend of Oz who tells them about specialised embassy work. The team are posted to Havana to completely refurbish the British ambassador's new residence. They also carry out some unofficial building work for Oz's Cuban girlfriend's family.