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.
4 seasons · 38 episodes
The characters now work as building subcontractors for the British Embassy after a building job in Moscow goes badly wrong and are given a tip off from a friend of Oz who tells them about specialised embassy work. The team are posted to Hav
Britannia Waives the Rules
Jan 4, 200450 min
Russia. A marble staircase. Oz descends in his dirty, worn white underpants to join the others over a morning cuppa. The house is magnificent - another job well done. It is payday, and after a celebratory vodka, the boys head outside for a
Our Boys in Havana
Jan 11, 200450 min
Perhaps it's the heat, or the Cuban rum, or maybe it's just creeping middle-age but strange things are happening to TV's best-known gang of Geordie brickies. Neville, for instance, has turned into Newcastle's version of ""Our Man in Havana"
A Gift from Fidel
Jan 18, 200450 min
The lads are sent out into the Cuban countryside to collect an antique bath, a present from Castro to the British Ambassador. Sounds like an easy job, until Barry goes missing…
Moonlighting
Jan 25, 200450 min
Neville's first mission is to get to know Michael works for a pharmaceutical company. As if being suspected of spying isn't bad enough, Michael is also a Manchester United fan. Neville is given a Man U shirt in order to pass himself off as
Dangerous Liaisons
Feb 1, 200450 min
The Cuban's are convinced Barry is a spy after discovering his Russian connections. Oz faces a major blow in his relationship with Ofelia after word comes from the British Embassy that they want his relationship with Ofelia to end.
The End of the Affair
Feb 8, 200450 min
Pru comes to the aid of Neville after he is kidnapped. Pru explains to Neville that Tarquin has not been entirely honest with him. Oz visits Barry in jail and finds that he's suffering badly. Oz makes a decision that will help Barry, but wi
Tim Healy
Dennis Patterson
Kevin Whately
Neville Hope
Jimmy Nail
Leonard 'Oz' Osborne
Christopher Fairbank
Albert Moxey
Timothy Spall
Barry Taylor
Pat Roach
Brian 'Bomber' Busbridge
Julia Tobin
Brenda Hope
Gary Holton
Wayne Norris
Su Elliot
Marjorie Osborne
Val McLane
Norma Patterson
Brigitte Kahn
Dagmar
Catherine Rabett
Carol Pringle
