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  • Actors: Tim Healy, Jimmy Nail, Pat Roach, Noel Clarke, Kevin Whately
  • Directors: Baz Taylor, Anthony Garner, Sandy Johnson
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Nov 2002
  • Run Time: 347 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006RHU9
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,665 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Synopsis
Oz, Barry, Neville, Dennis, Bomber and Moxey (along with the late Wayne's son Wyman) are back together. The last 15 years have been kinder to some of the lads than others. One drives a Bentley, another a taxi. Marriages have come and gone. But when Oz turns up with an irresistible offer, the Magnificent Seven find that the friendships they made on the road to Dusseldorf have, against the odds, survived. Wayne and the days of Thatcher's unemployed have gone. However, the need for one big pay day remains.

Some need the money, some need the comfort of friendship. Oz reckons they can each earn a small fortune if they can find a way of transporting Teeside's Transporter Bridge from Middlesborough to Arizona. Having decided to carry out Oz's plan, over the six episodes, the lads encounter love, lust, deception, cash, theft, fraud, drugs and the FBI! This double DVD release features the entire third series of Auf Wiedersehen Pet.

Synopsis
The original cast, apart from the late Gary Holton, of the classic comedy drama series is reunited over a decade after the last series. This time, Oz fakes his own funeral to bring the lads back together as he has a business proposal to put to them. What follows are the usual scrapes and skirmishes as the gang set about dismantling the Middlesbrough Transporter bridge and moving it to the middle of the Nevada desert.


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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars The dreaded sequel syndrome..., 30 Sep 2003
Taken on it's own, and not compared with AufPet I and II, this was okay. It was only six episodes long, whereas the first two series were thirteen episodes, but nevertheless it was quite good. Neville and Barry really came out of their shell in this one, though Bomber took even more of a backseat in this series than he did in the first two. What really let it down was two things that couldn't be helped - Gary Holton wasn't in it, because he died in 1986, and they all look much older than the lads we grew to love from the 1980s - well they are much older.
The story takes some getting in to, though once they are in the States it rolls along at a merry pace. The Middlesborough and Liverpool bits seem a bit disjointed, but it's okay. Trouble is, when you've got a history that AufPet has got, okay is a long way short of good enough.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Lads are Back!, 27 Nov 2002
I was 12 years old when Auf Wiedersehen Pet first hit our screens. The first series was set in Dusseldorf and as my family had just returned from there, I suppose we were more inclined to watch it than most to see if we recognised anywhere. Anyone who has ever watched it will know that you don't see much of the scenery but that was when I fell in love with the gang.
I was delighted when it was announced that the BBC (what happened to ITV?) were producing a new series 20 years on starring all of the original cast but of course without Wayne. However, even here it was a touch of genius to introduce a son of the wayward rocker. What made this series for me was the fact that despite the bizarre storyline, the actors were totally convincing as their aged characters. While they had all moved down the road a few years apparently more sensible and worldly wise, flashes of old were constantly seen. This very clever (if slightly crazy) plot cannot fail to interest new viewers while original fans can enjoy the return of the gang that filled their living rooms on Friday nights 20 years ago. Perseverance is the key for the first couple of episodes as the plot is quite complex and doesn't grab quickly. It really is worth the effort though becoming totally addictive with a very satisfying end. Marvellous entertainment with Mark Knopfler's catchy theme tune throughout makes for a great viewing experience.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Just Moxey. As in Moby, or  Mantovani , 31 May 2004
By MarmiteMan (Norwich, England) - See all my reviews
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Mixed reviews - some harsh but pertinent, some unjust. Just like the new STAR WARS trilogy, diehard fans of old can see Nothing Good when their heroes of yesteryear are given a makeover nearly twenty years later. It is futile to compare it to the original. It is a new product. And the target audience is different now. Let's face it, it is very hard - if not impossible - to please everybody, right?

Most of the harsh reviewers seem to have forgotten that the original AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET, shown in 1983, was the product of the truly grim and despairing climate of Thatcher's Britain, especially Up North (remember 'The Boys From The Blackstuff?'). It was a wry social comment set on a shabby building-site in Düsseldorf, and most of it took place around or after sunset; naturally it was mostly dark to 'suit the mood' of the time. Series Two was a lighter-hearted continuation, but set in southern Spain with sunny outdoor scenes - nice 'n bright, etc., again to suit the then-burgeoning mood of a society coming out of a bad recession.

Two decades later, the economy and social climate are a lot brighter again, although Series Three successfully incorporates several of today's bugbears: asylum-seekers, Russian mafia, and drug-dealing. Okay, so one of the actors died and his character cannot be around anymore - but I thought 'Wyman' was both a good successor and a Good Idea to inject some of today's spirit of youth. And, in remembrance, Wayne (Gary Holton) is mentioned at least once in each of the six episodes.

The old characters are still there, of course. Jimmy Nail, especially, obviously relished reviving the loud Oz - "reformed character" or not, his big booming gob is still Oz! Tim Healy still looks permanently constipated as disillusioned gaffer Dennis. Timothy Spall does a good turn as the self-satisfied nouveau-riche entrepreneur, but ultimately self-deluding and garrulous ... well, as 'our Barry! Indestructible 'Bomber' (Pat Roach) unfortunately reminds us that time takes its toll. Hassled-at-home Neville (Kevin Wheately) reflects much of Britain's 'industry' today: his and Brenda's company sell prefabricated houses manufactured abroad via the Internet. And eternally scratching-around Moxey (Christopher Fairbanks) still witters-on in a semi-fantasy world of lines from famous films, beautifully delivered in his Scouse accent.

The dry wit is still there, too. Moxey: "I sold me cello" and "I'm not stupid - just strange." And there was the almost heartfelt anguish of a Tranmere Rovers supporter, forever doomed to exist in the shadow of Liverpool and Everton.

That Eagle-of-the-North thingy is supposed to represent the new spirit of the North, right? (personally, I think that monstrosity looks like something that escaped from a Nuremberg rally) Well, so was AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET Series Three. When it was on TV in the spring of 2002, it was sheer delight throughout! I really think it would not work to have made Series Three grim and dour with a miserable socio-economic sub-message à la 1983, however light-hearted. As Neville succinctly remarked to living-in-the-past Dennis, "This whole area used to be pit villages. Everybody worked for the colliery. [...] Now all the men wear hairnets and pack airline meals. Everything's changed, Dennis - deal with it."

You gotta look ahead; you cannot keep making Model-T Fords, you know ...

Anyway, back to the DVDs. Must concur with Other Reviewers that the two discs are presented as the barest of minimalism - less than the Play All and Episode Selection options is virtually impossible. The odd trailer for Mark Knopfler's CD The Ratpicker's Dream is not even selectable; it was simply part of the last episode. There is NOTHING extra at all, not even the inlay leaflet with chapter listings. Very disappointing that there is, for example, no interview with, or exposé by the writers as to why they decided on this very belated Series Three. No cast interviews or comments. No comments from the Native Americans - how might they have felt to be part of a British cult TV series! Maybe there could have been some short documentary on the Transporter Bridge (which is still in Middlesbrough). Or perhaps just listings of what the actors have done during the past years. There definitely should be more.

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