OK,neck on the block time.Auf Weidersen Pet was,is and probably always will be one of the best television dramas ever made.Nothing,I think,comes close to matching the all-round quality of the acting,writing and technical proficiency.Quite simply I cannot think of one way the first two series could have been improved.
The cast were so believable that you simply forgot they were actors.Jimmy Nail as Oz was one of the funniest and most well rounded characters of that time,although this is no disrespect to the others who were all inspired.
What made the series for me was the way it mixed humour and pathos in equal measure.It really would have you crying one minute and laughing the next.Even watching the videos today,the series has not dated at all and I get as much pleasure watching now as I did when it was first on TV.
I agree that the later BBc series' were not as good.The original two series were very much a comment on the times and the time for the series had definitely passed.Standing on their own,they were good but the act they had to follow and live up to was,in my opinion,too tough.
If you haven't seen either series one or two,do so as soon as possible.Drama this funny,affecting,believable and well-rounded only comes along once in a blue moon so buy and enjoy.
The cast were so believable that you simply forgot they were actors.Jimmy Nail as Oz was one of the funniest and most well rounded characters of that time,although this is no disrespect to the others who were all inspired.
What made the series for me was the way it mixed humour and pathos in equal measure.It really would have you crying one minute and laughing the next.Even watching the videos today,the series has not dated at all and I get as much pleasure watching now as I did when it was first on TV.
I agree that the later BBc series' were not as good.The original two series were very much a comment on the times and the time for the series had definitely passed.Standing on their own,they were good but the act they had to follow and live up to was,in my opinion,too tough.
If you haven't seen either series one or two,do so as soon as possible.Drama this funny,affecting,believable and well-rounded only comes along once in a blue moon so buy and enjoy.