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Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

  • TV Series
  • 1983–2004
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
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Timothy Spall, Christopher Fairbank, Tim Healy, Gary Holton, Jimmy Nail, Pat Roach, and Kevin Whately in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983)
ComedyDrama

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

  • Creator
    • Franc Roddam
  • Stars
    • Timothy Spall
    • Jimmy Nail
    • Tim Healy
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    • IMDb RATING
    8.5/10
    4.2K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,737
    356
    • Creator
      • Franc Roddam
    • Stars
      • Timothy Spall
      • Jimmy Nail
      • Tim Healy
    • 37User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 7 BAFTA Awards
      • 4 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Timothy Spall
    Timothy Spall
    • Barry Taylor
    Jimmy Nail
    Jimmy Nail
    • Oz Osborne
    Tim Healy
    Tim Healy
    • Dennis Patterson
    Kevin Whately
    Kevin Whately
    • Neville Hope
    Christopher Fairbank
    Christopher Fairbank
    • Albert Moxey
    Pat Roach
    Pat Roach
    • Bomber Busbridge
    Gary Holton
    • Wayne Norris
    Julia Tobin
    • Brenda Hope…
    Noel Clarke
    Noel Clarke
    • Wyman Norris
    Bill Paterson
    Bill Paterson
    • Ally Fraser
    Ray Knight
    • Barman
    Lesley Saint-John
    • Vicki
    James Booth
    James Booth
    • Kenny Ames
    Peter Birch
    Peter Birch
    • Herr Ulrich
    Val McLane
    • Norma
    Alexander Hanson
    • Tarquin Pearce
    Branka Katic
    Branka Katic
    • Tatiana Taylor
    Brigitte Kahn
    • Dagmar
    • Creator
      • Franc Roddam
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    • Trivia
      When the Berlin wall was pulled down by German citizens, a British journalist found some interesting graffiti. It read "Built by Germans, demolished by Oz".
    • Goofs
      Most of the German location shots in Series 1 were filmed in Hamburg, not Dusseldorf. One of the giveaways is that many of the cars have HH (Hamburg) number plates.
    • Crazy credits
      Final Episode of Series 3: "The Transporter Bridge Is Still In Middlesborough" - so convincing were the digital effects of the dismantling and reassembling of the bridge, many people in the UK were reported to have visited Middlesborough to check the bridge was still in place.
    • Alternate versions
      Due to copyright complications there are cuts in the series 2 video releases. However, these cut scenes are still broadcast in the TV & satellite repeats. Also, due to the editing out of the commercial breaks for the video release of both series, scenes either side of these breaks have been shortened and/or cut completely. It is hoped that all these cuts/edits can be fully restored for the DVD release, tentatively scheduled for 2002.
    • Connections
      Featured in 10 Years of Alright on the Night (1988)

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    10/10

    Get It Right!

    Get It Right - this must be the best TV Comedy-Drama of all-time! From the origins of it's classic first series in 1983 and it's equally enjoyable and 'troublesome' second series through to the welcoming third and fourth series after a 16-year gap, and the final special in 2004 - it's all such glorious stuff from a cast and crew of brilliant writers, directors and actors.

    The characterisations are superbly crafted and it's very hard not to love these guys who at one point represented the turmoil of Maggie Thatcher's working-class Britain. There are many wonderful episodes to be viewed throughout the series that not only will have you rolling off the couch, but also reaching for the odd hankie or two.

    A much-deserved Award-winner!
    • CosmicDwellings
    • Dec 12, 2006
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 11, 1983 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official Fansite
    • Languages
      • English
      • Turkish
      • German
      • Russian
      • Spanish
      • Albanian
      • Serbian
    • Also known as
      • Öl, kvinnor och tegel
    • Filming locations
      • Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany(on location)
    • Production companies
      • Central Independent Television
      • Witzend Productions
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
      • Stereo

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