Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
English television programme
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004) is a popular British comedy-drama series about a group of seven British migrant construction workers: Wayne, Dennis, Oz, Bomber, Barry, Neville and Moxey, who are living and working on a German building site.
Series
editChristmas Specials
editAu Revoir: Part 1
edit- [In the beseiged embassy]
- Embassy official: They're trying to ram the perimeter wall.
- Dennis: They won't breach it, we built that wall.
- Oz: I've none of the local shekels, whatever they are.
- Dennis: Kip.
- Oz: Precious little of that on the plane!
- [Oz sees cockroaches in their hut]
- Wyman: Don't worry, they don't bother you.
- Oz: Really?
- Wyman: Well, they do bother you. But it's not fatal.
- [Barry describes his emotional reunion with Tatiana]
- Oz: Did you slip her a length?
- Barry: Oz! Really!
- Oz: But did you?
- Barry: Yes, I did actually.
Au Revoir: Part 2
edit- Oz: Well, as far as huts go, I think we've reached rock bottom with this one. No beds, big bugs, no bog and a bamboo roof.
- Mozey: Yeah, 'cause they've been improving over the years haven't they, the huts? The one in Vientiane was borderline house.
- [The lads are caught up as hostages]
- Wyman: Did you see Barry?
- Oz: Aye
- Wyman: How is he?
- Oz: Bombed out on opium is how he is.
- Neville: Aye?
- Moxey: Opium?
- Oz: Aye, weeeell, opium oot here's like marmite back home, there's a jar in every hoose.
- Oz: I'm used to bullshit, but I've never laid bricks with it.
- [An urgent diversion is needed]
- Oz: Dennis! Say that again and I'll knock your bloody block off!
- Dennis: What?!
- Oz: What you said man, about my Marjorie!
- Dennis: Ohhhhh right! I meant that!
- Oz: Did you?!
- Dennis: Aye, I did!
- [Dennis and Oz break out fighting]
- [The lads can't wait to get away after the rescue]
- Dennis: Hey! Hang on a minute! We're forgetting something aren't we? We haven't finished this yet, man! These villagers aren't going anywhere and we promised them a wash house.
- Barry: I totally agree with Dennis. We can't leave them in the lurch. Plus, they've been extremely kind to me, it's not right.
- Wyman: Give us a break guys!
- Oz: Den man, in three days we can be back in Bangkok, where I've got unfinished business in a whirlpool.
- Dennis: Oz, can you remember us ever not finshing a job? Nev?
- Neville: Why Africa, but there was only a spot of plastering to do like.
- Dennis: Doesn't sit right man?
- Naomi: Have you guys gone mad in the sun or something?
- Oz: No, Den's right, get yourself a bowl of noodles pet, we've got a roof to finish.
- [Closing scene; Dennis, Neville and Oz are on the ferry to Germany]
- Dennis: Hey, what did your Brenda say, when you told her we were going back to Germany?
- Neville: She said, 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'.
Cast
edit- Dennis L. Patterson - (Tim Healy)
- Neville Hope - (Kevin Whately)
- Leonard "Oz" Osborne - (Jimmy Nail)
- Barry Spencer Taylor - (Timothy Spall)
- Wayne Winston Norris - (Gary Holton)
- Albert Arthur Moxey - (Christopher Fairbank)
- Brian "Bomber" Busbridge - (Pat Roach)
- Wyman Ian Norris - (Noel Clarke)