Auf Wiedersehen Pet

Auf Wiedersehen Pet is a successful British television series dealing with the lives and experiences of a team of migrant workers. Created by Franc Roddam, this television show belongs to the comedy drama genre.

The Auf Wiedersehen Pet series is produced by Witzend productions for the BBC, and Central for ITV. While the show appeared on ITV from 1983 up to 1986, it ran on BBC from 2002 up to 2004. The ITV broadcast had a running time of only fifty minutes per episode as compared to the BBC running tie of about an hour. In all, there have been four series and forty episodes broadcasted in the UK. Tim Healy, Kevin Whately, Gary Holton, Jimmy Nail, Pat Roach, Timothy Spall and Christopher Fairbank act as the seven construction workers. The theme tune to Auf Wiedersehen, Pet series is pleasing and numerous music enthusiasts attempt to download it from online sites.

Dennis Patterson, played by Tim Healy, is widely considered the leader of this group of construction workers. Although he is short-tempered, Dennis possesses great people skills. Neville Hope, another important character, is dominated by his wife Brenda. He worries a lot about his family and goes through a mid-life crisis in the third series of the show.

The Auf Wiedersehen Pet Special episodes were also popular in the UK. There is great demand for Auf Wiedersehen, Pet DVD collection among the numerous British fans of this show.