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SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Catherina If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Lee Barratt Back in 1983 when Auf Wiedersehen, Pet first aired, many people thought Central Television were taking a big risk, I mean, who would want to watch a TV show all about bricklayers?A couple of the supporting cast were among the detractors, but they were all proved wrong, when on November 11th 1983, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet first aired to an audience of millions, going on to achieve an average of 14 million for the first series. It was an instant hit, and turned many of the unknown cast into overnight sensations.In 1986, a second series was aired, going on to be one of the biggest hits of the year, with a peak of nearly 17 million viewers for one episode. The second series was blighted by tragedy, when Gary Holton died during the filming of the latter stages. After a very short break, it was quickly re-written, and a stand in double was used for shots where Gary Holtons character Wayne had to be. In other shots, Wayne was simply written out of the scene, and this is very notable in many of the Spanish interiors, which were some of the last to be filmed. The show had a hiatus of 15 years, and then returned to our screens in 2002, and twice in 2004.For many, including myself, this is one of the greatest, if not the greatest TV drama ever made. It had everything, not only down to the great writing, but the actors too, who created an on screen chemistry which has not been seen since. The closest we have seen in my opinion is Mad Dogs, which airs on Sky1. The show made us laugh and cry, and had touches of laugh out loud moments, that could also make you realise this was almost like watching a documentary.I will be watching Auf Wiedersehen, Pet for many years to come, it's an absolute joy, and it is also part of my life.

MickyBurns This programme is without doubt the greatest comedy-drama Britian has ever produced in my eyes. There isn't 1 single episode that wont make you laugh and every character is played to perfection with there own style of comedy that you will find it hard not to associate with at least one character. Special mention has to go to Jimmy Nail (Oz) and Timothy Spall (Barry) who are both a constent source of enjoyment to watch. The basics of the whole series is, there all working men in a team travelling around the world looking for work. With episodes about them trying to pull women and getting tattoos when there drunk, to being involved with the police and getting in trouble with gangsters, I can honestly say I can not pick a favourite series because each one is outstanding in its own way. If you haven't seen these before, then your missing out and need to rent the 1st series asap. My thought is you wont be disappointed.

ShadeGrenade As unemployment hit three million in the early '80's, British builders were forced to go abroad in search of work. This gave Franc Roddam ( director of the brilliant 'Quadrophenia' ) the idea for a television series, which he pitched to Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. 'Auf Wiedershen, Pet' reached the airwaves in 1983, and quickly established itself as unmissable Friday night viewing. 'That's Living Alright' by Joe Fagin, the show's closing theme, made the pop charts.Three Newcastle bricklayers - happily married Neville Hope ( Kevin Whately ), hard-drinking Dennis Patterson ( Tim Healy ) and hard-living Oz Osbourne ( Jimmy Nail ) travel to Dusseldorf where they find themselves sharing a hut with girl chasing Cockney carpenter Wayne ( Gary Holton ), ex-wrestler from the West Country 'Bomber' Busbridge ( Pat Roach ), boring Brummie electrician Barry Taylor ( Timothy Spaull ) and Liverpudllian arsonist/plasterer Moxey ( Christopher Fairbank ). The phrase 'male bonding' might have been invented for 'AufPet'. 'Oz' perversely proved the most popular with viewers, a hard-man blessed with some dubious personal habits.The show benefited from the fact that the cast were unknowns. Over the course of thirteen weeks, the public grew to love and care about the 'Magnificent Seven'. As a comedy drama it was free to explore riskier areas, such as the time Neville was accused of assaulting a German girl. Other 'guest' characters included the late Michael Elphick as 'Macgowan' whose presence in the hut was like that of the snake in the Garden of Eden, and a young Ray Winstone as 'Colin', a deserter from the British Army. Among the more memorable scenes were the gang's amusement at finding Neville moonlighting as a waiter in an Indian restaurant, Oz waking up after a drunken night to find himself back in Newcastle, Barry and Wayne attempting ( and failing ) to chase two airline stewardesses on a motorcycle, and the destruction of the hut by fire in the final episode.After the first season ( I.T.V. tried to replicate its success with a show about fishermen, entitled 'Eh, Brian? Its A Whopper!' It flopped ), talk was rife of a movie version with the lads helping to rebuild the Falkland Islands following the war between Britain and Argentina. This was abandoned ( but alluded to in the first episode of the second series ). Instead they found themselves working on a derelict mansion in the English Countryside, where they came into conflict with the snobbish locals, most notably landlord Arthur Pringle ( Brian Pringle ). Bill Paterson was brilliant as gangster 'Ally Fraser'. For the remainder of the series, they were in Spain. The second run was overshadowed by the tragic death of Gary Holton from a drugs overdose. Though Wayne managed to be in every major scene, his absence was still noticeable ( a double had to be used on one occasion ). That seemed to be it for 'AufPet'. In 2002, the lads were back, this time in a six-part series for the B.B.C. where they bought, dismantled and sold the Middlesborough Transporter Bridge to a tribe of native Americans. Noel Clarke played 'Wyman', Wayne's illegitimate son. The revival was better than it had a right to be, though the decision to alter some of the characters - most notably Oz - was questionable.In 2004, they were off to Cuba, but the show seemed to have run out of ideas. Oz's love affair with a ballerina was almost as absurd as Neville being recruited by M15.They bowed out at the end of that year with a superb two-part special set in Thailand. Though it too was overshadowed, this time by Pat Roach's death. The last scene bought a lump to the throat of any true 'AufPet' fan - Neville, Oz and Dennis bound for Dusseldorf yet again, while Joe Fagin's 'Breaking Away' accompanied the credits. Off the lads went into the pages of television history - gone but definitely not forgotten.

Callum Gee 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!