Talk:Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

PoV
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)

Thailand
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.

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)

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)

"[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.

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?


 * Yep, it was called "Educating Oz", from (I think) 1986. I don't know any more than what's on here though - http://www.aufpet.com/edoz.htm 87.102.23.196 11:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguation
As there are now two Dennis Patterson entries, I think we now need a disambiguation page for the two of them, particularly as the one relating to this series cannot be found via the search engine, only through this article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.102.23.196 (talk) 11:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC).

Oz's lottery win
The article states that Oz has squandered his lottery win. I am not aware of him mentioning anything in the third series about it. The second series ends with them all en route to Tangier being persued by the coast guard on Kenny Aimes' yacht. Oz is unable to collect his winnings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.31.7.188 (talk) 21:44, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Stereotyping
Is this the first example of regional stereotyping in a UK TV programme?. A jailbird Scouser, a wide boy Londoner, a "hard" Geordie, a "gentle giant" West Countryman and a "thick" Brummie? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.155.162.209 (talk) 21:32, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

"Series" vs. "programme"
Before my change, the programme was described as a series consisting of several series. I'm not a native speaker, but that seems to me to be a confusing mix of North American and British terms. I changed the first occurrence of series to programme, which should be consistent with British usage. Feel free to correct me if I was wrong! -- UKoch (talk) 14:48, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Parents of the Band
In what way was this followed by Parents of the Band? This article has stated Auf Wiedershen, Pet was followed by parents of the band since this edit http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Auf_Wiedersehen,_Pet&diff=prev&oldid=389727377

Is it just because Jimmy Nail was in both of them? Matthew Fennell (talk) 17:29, 29 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Parents of the Band has absolutely no connections with AWP. Should we put Lewis in because Kevin is in it? Benidorm for Tim? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.186.9.220 (talk) 00:20, 22 March 2012 (UTC)


 * As mentioned in the Parents of the Band article I have removed the section in that article and here. The shows share two writers and one actor (playing a different character) but have nothing else in common. -M4roho (talk) 11:43, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Gambling debts
Where is it mentioned that Dennis' debt to Ally Fraser is due to gambling? In S2E6 ('Cowboys') Dennis admits he owes Fraser £6,000 to Neville and explains when he got back with his wife he began 'throwing money around' to make things better. This suggests Fraser was acting as a loan shark. Ganglandboss (talk) 23:32, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

The correct title?
I've tried to edit this before, only for it to be swiftly changed back, but the official title of the series is 'Auf Wiedersehen Pet' (no comma). I know this because I was creating some artwork for an event Clement and La Frenais were involved in, and word came back from above (i.e. them) that the comma should be removed. Product listings on Amazon etc. reflect this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.118.224.152 (talk) 11:28, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * True, that! Although there is also original artwork with a comma.  In the original trailer, there no comma but a full stop after the Pet ("Auf Wiedersehen Pet."). Maikel (talk) 07:48, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Wrong beer
I just wanted to point out that the large beer glasses ("steins", or "Bierkrüge" in German) usually seen in the series are characteristic for Bavaria but totally out of place for Düsseldorf, where they typically drink ale (Alt) out of tall but thin glasses. Maikel (talk) 07:36, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

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Any possibility of something more?
I was wondering if any of the surviving cast or writers have said they would be for or against a few more episodes or a one off special etc. Middle More Rider (talk) 17:55, 20 April 2020 (UTC)