Talk:Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
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My text has been edited on the grounds of NPOVing. Fair enough, but it's also removed some of the material on the show's critical reaction, which is not POV to begin with. Also removed the note that I'm working on an episode list (though I'm still considering it for the future)
- Lee M 02:47, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Hello, I just played a few weeks ago as an extra in auf wiedersehen Pet, they were shooting some scenes in Bangkok. They have also shot some scenes in Chiang Mai. So for the fans there will be a new series. Waerth 14:33, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Will it be a full series or just a special? Looking forward to it anyway. Lee M 03:01, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I am not sure but with the amount of time they spent shooting it I can almost not imagine it being just 1 episode or special Waerth 15:48, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Now confirmed as a 2-hour special, scheduled for broadcast in 2 parts on 28 - 29 December at 9 PM on BBC ONE.
- I am not sure but with the amount of time they spent shooting it I can almost not imagine it being just 1 episode or special Waerth 15:48, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Launching careers?
To what extent was this show responsible for launching the careers of Nail/Whately/Spall? It looks like an all-star show these days - which is part of the reason it was difficult to get the gang back together - but was this so at the time? Morwen - Talk 14:54, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Very much so, yes. AWP brought all of the cast except Holton and Roach to the viewing public's first real attention. Holton had been around on the acting and music scene for a few years before, he was in a band called The Heavy Metal Kids who had some success record sales wise and even appeared on Top of the Pops (R.I.P.). Roach had already had quite a long career as a character/cameo actor (if you look carefully, you'll see he has a cameo in the 1971 film 'A Clockwork Orange', as a bouncer in the Korova bar) and professional wrestler.
But none of Whateley, Spall, Nail, Healey or Fairbanks had done anything notable prior to AWP. Martyn Smith 20:52, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Barry's place of origin
At one point in this article, it mentions Barry was a Brummie. However, down a few paragraphs it says Barry was from Wolverhampton. Which is it? He certainly had a Brummie accent, not a Wulfrunian one. Steven J 19:19, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
He lives in Wolverhampton in the second series; it don't think it was ever established that he's actually FROM Wolverhampton.
Barry's accent does not truly reflect any part of the West Midlands. I grew up in Sutton Coldfield, and I've never heard anyone speak with that accent. It's just a lazy attempt by a Londoner at a stereotyped imagining of a West Midlands accent, trained by a voice coach who should have been fired on the spot! Sorry, us West Midlanders are sensitive about these things....have made corrections to the Barry bit of the article. At no point does he mention actually coming from Birmingham. He mentions West Bromwich and Dudley here and there, which are towns in the West Midlands conurbation that neighbour, but are *not* part of, Birmingham Martyn Smith 20:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "[Neville] married young and has no regrets about it... but his mates do!"
When is it ever suggested that the rest of the lads have a problem with Nev having married young? If nobody can justify this, I think it needs altering.
[edit] Missing 'special' info
If I recall right, the characters Dennis and Oz appear in a special health short. It appeared (I believe) on ITV after the second season and dealt with the subject of AIDS (at the time it was broadcast, there where still a lot of misconceptions about the disease.) Perhaps someone wants to add what they can to the main article?
