Series 1 poster

Series 1

(1983)

Overview

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.

Cast

Tim Healy as Dennis Patterson
Tim Healy

as Dennis Patterson

Kevin Whately as Neville Hope
Kevin Whately

as Neville Hope

Jimmy Nail as Leonard 'Oz' Osborne
Jimmy Nail

as Leonard 'Oz' Osborne

Gary Holton as Wayne Norris
Gary Holton

as Wayne Norris

Christopher Fairbank as Albert Moxey
Christopher Fairbank

as Albert Moxey

Timothy Spall as Barry Taylor
Timothy Spall

as Barry Taylor

Pat Roach as Brian 'Bomber' Busbridge
Pat Roach

as Brian 'Bomber' Busbridge

Julia Tobin as Brenda Hope
Julia Tobin

as Brenda Hope

Brigitte Kahn as Dagmar
Brigitte Kahn

as Dagmar

Su Elliot as Marjorie Osborne
Su Elliot

as Marjorie Osborne

Caroline Hutchison as Vera Patterson
Caroline Hutchison

as Vera Patterson

Episodes

If I Were a Carpenter poster

If I Were a Carpenter 0.0

November 11, 1983

Dennis, Neville and Oz head for Germany, looking for work as bricklayers. They get work in Dusseldorf, but only two bri…

Who Won the War Anyway? poster

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November 18, 1983

Neville is suspended from work when his boss finds out that he's a bricklayer rather than a carpenter. Watching a gr…

The Girls They Left Behind poster

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November 25, 1983

Oz's wife, Marjorie, hasn't heard from him for quite a while and she's getting desperate for money. She goes to see Den…

Suspicion poster

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December 2, 1983

Something very expensive goes missing from the hut and they all begin to suspect each other. So in a bid to catch out t…

Home Thoughts from Abroad poster

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December 9, 1983

Bomber's sixteen-year-old daughter runs away from her home in Bristol, so Bomber returns home to be with his wife while…

The Accused poster

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December 16, 1983

Neville meets a German girl in a bar and they share a taxi home. The girl is later assaulted and Neville is arrested…

Private Lives poster

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December 30, 1983

Dennis is getting it together with Dagmar from the site office. He takes her off to a hotel for a romantic interlude. …

The Fugitive poster

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January 6, 1984

The lads go off for a weekend's fishing in the country, where they meet up with an English hitchhiker who is very myste…

The Alien poster

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January 13, 1984

MacGowan is a violent Irish nutcase. Nobody on the building site likes him and he's always getting into fights and caus…

Last Rites poster

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January 20, 1984

While visiting a local hospital, Dennis and Neville become friendly with a Geordie expatriot named Hedley. He stayed in…

The Lovers poster

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January 27, 1984

Barry talks the lads into redecorating the hut, using paint 'redistributed' from the site stores. Oz pretends to be …

Love and Other Four Letter Words poster

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February 3, 1984

Dennis' wife, Vera, visits him in Dusseldorf and tells him that she wants to try to rescue their marriage. With Vera an…

When the Boat Goes Out poster

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February 10, 1984

It's just about time to pack up and go home now that the German government has decided that all foreign workers will ha…