Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
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.
Details
First Aired: 11/11/1983
Languages: English
Created by: Franc Roddam
Type: Scripted
Production
ITV1
BBC OneWhere to watch · GB
Seasons
Series 1
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
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.
