If I Were a Carpenter
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| “If I Were a Carpenter” | |
|---|---|
| Auf Wiedersehen, Pet episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Guest stars | Exposé |
| Written by | Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais |
| Directed by | Roger Bamford |
| Production no. | 01 |
| Original airdate | 11 November 1983 |
| Episode chronology | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
| "n/a" | "Who Won the War Anyway?" |
| List of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet episodes | |
"If I Were a Carpenter" is the first episode of the British television comedy drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. It was originally transmitted on Friday 11 November 1983.
[edit] Plot
Geordie bricklayers Dennis, Neville and Oz arrive in Germany, ready to take advantage of tax-free employment. When they arrive late at a building site it Düsseldorf, the hostel they expected was full and they are forced to live on site in a hut. Three others join them, two of whom they met on their journey: Cockney Wayne, Brummie Barry, and Bomber.
Also as a result of their lateness, all of the brickie positions had been filled. Rather than separate, or leave, they pretend that Neville is a carpenter.
Neville wakes up after a night drinking in town with a tattoo on his arm bearning the name "Lotte" rather than that of his wife Brenda.
[edit] Cast
| Cast | Characters |
| Kevin Whately | Neville Hope |
| Tim Healy | Dennis Patterson |
| Jimmy Nail | Leonard Jeffrey 'Oz' Osborne |
| Gary Holton | Wayne Norris |
| Timothy Spall | Barry Taylor |
| Pat Roach | Bomber Busbridge |
| Michael Sheard | Herr Grunwald |
| Caroline Hutchison | Vera Patterson |
| Julia Tobin | Brenda Hope |
| Heinz Bernard | Herr Pfister |
| Oona Kirsch | Heidi |
| Vic Tablian | Ayotollah |
| Richard Mitchley | German Worker |
| Seamus O'Neill | German Worker |
| Leigh Proud | Kevin Patterson |
| Lisa Whyte | Angela Patterson |
| Exposé | Group in Night Club |
