With timothy spall, jimmy nail, tim healy, kevin whately. There were 2 series in 2004, with the show ending on december 29th. A touching twopart special of the muchloved drama series as we bid farewell to the late, great pat roach. Bomber hears from his wife that their teenaged daughter tracy has run away from home so he returns to bristol to look for her, though in the mean time she turns up in dusseldorf and the lads hide her in their hut whilst they alert bomber to return. I agree though the second series is great until spain, and then it dips. Reviewed in the united kingdom on october 14, 2016. Series episodes originally aired dvd release date series premiere series finale region 1 region 2 region 4. Neville, barry, wayne, bomber and moxie in the hit tv series here we look at what they did next. For me, the problem with the spanish episodes isnt that there were only four, its that some of the gangs partners go with them. Thornley manor is a listed building, so work has to stop until the appropriate planning permission is granted.
Dennis, neville and oz arrive in germany looking for work as bricklayers. Looking forward to bier kellers, frauleins, high wages and no taxes, dennis tim healy, neville kevin whately and oz jimmy nail leave newcastle for work on a building site in dusseldorf, meeting up with fellow expats wayne gary holton, bomber pat roach, barry timothy spall and moxey christopher fairbank. In series 1, the lads head to germany seeking work, and are thrown. We follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind. In the first series, they live and work on a building site in dusseldorf, germany. And after 20 years they are reunited and begin working together again. Waynes afternoon of passion with carole has come at a price for everyone. Seven british construction workers escape britains ever growing dole queues and travel to germany to work on a site in dusseldorf. The adventures of a gang of british workmen abroad. The lead roles were performed by tim healy, kevin whately, jimmy nail, gary holton, christopher fairbank, pat roach and timothy spall. The series was produced by shine limited, with the first series airing for 20 episodes.
Combines black and white humour with moments of drama, poignancy and drunkenness. There are three geordies, one scouser, one brummie, one cockney and one from bristol. Nottinghamshire, newcastle and marbella, spain were some of the locations used in series 2. Pet star kevin whately wants you to download this smartphone. In the first series, the men lived and worked on a building site in dusseldorf. Your home in their hands season 1 episode 2 full episode. Jul 27, 2014 this feature is not available right now. What colour does wayne have in his hair in series 2. They find work in dusseldorf, but as only two bricklayers are needed, dennis tells herr grunwald the site manager that neville is a carpenter so that the trio can stay together. First ever episode of the classic 80s series about a group of british builders who head to germany for work.
Released 1984 also for commodore 64 published by tynesoft computer software. Bomber the character had decided to jack it in and sadly pat had died during the fi. Dennis has set up his own business, oz has been to the falklands and back, neville is unemployed, wayne has entered a disastrous marriage, moxey has been in prison, and bomber has returned to wrestling. With the death of gary holton in 1985, wyman played by noel clarke was brought in to play the part of waynes son. The lads are going their separate ways when they get some shocking news.