Another Country (14 Mar. 1986)

When work at the Manor is stopped because it is a listed building, the hapless brickies decide to go to the local village, where they are treated with suspicion.

Director:

Roger Bamford

Stars:

Kevin Whately, Pat Roach, Tim Healy

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Whately	...	Neville Hope
Pat Roach	...	Bomber Busbridge
Tim Healy	...	Dennis Patterson
Gary Holton	...	Wayne Norris
Jimmy Nail	...	Oz Osborne
Christopher Fairbank	...	Albert Moxey
Timothy Spall	...	Barry Taylor
Bill Paterson	...	Ally Fraser
James Booth	...	Kenny Ames
Bryan Pringle	...	Arthur Pringle
Catherine Rabett	...	Carol Pringle
Val McLane	...	Norma
John Bowler	...	Howard Radcliff
William Simons	...	Gamekeeper
Lesley Saint-John	...	Vicki

Storyline

When work at the Manor is stopped because it is a listed building, the hapless brickies decide to go to the local village, where they are treated with suspicion.

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Plot Keywords:

actor shares last name with character

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 March 1986 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Beesthorpe Hall, Caunton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The long haired man at the table next to Moxey in the Transport Cafe is the same man who was with Barry and Oz in the Falklands.

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Goofs

Oz claims that the trout can't hear him - this in fact untrue. Also he tickles them in the middle of the stream, and walks up to them, which would scare them away. Real trout tickling or "guddling" is done over the side of a riverbank, and it would be nearly impossible to catch them the way Oz does here.

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Connections

References The Wild Bunch (1969)

User Reviews

Upper Class Twits

This is the worst episode in series two, perhaps even all of AWP. (It's a while since I watched series three and four, so I can't compare it with them just now) This is saying something, as series two was much weaker than the original series.

Most of it is taken up with how the lads interact with the local nobs and would-be gentry, who live around Thornley Manor. Most of the upper class characters are one dimensional Hugos and Henriettas, with only Sir James and Celestia having any depth. Cue lines like "Why are you annoying my dog?" and "Someone should throw these people out." You get the picture. We know Oz can be a wee bit coarse and gauche, but shoving him into these scenarios is predictable, and not very clever. The only thing which lightens the mood is Barry's ridiculous spiel about the SDP being the "party of the future" which would make the "class war meaningless" (it ceased to be a year or two after he said this and turned into the Lib Dems). It would have been better if the snobbery was dealt with more subtly (there are some hints of this with the Mrs Bellamy character), which could have been done with better writing perhaps.

That said, Arthur Pringle's in this episode, which was always a bonus in series two. It's interesting to hear exactly how his children turned out. His daughter turns out to be a good character, not just a woman for Wayne laying.

High Point: Oz and Barry going poaching.

Low Point: "What are you annoying my dog for?" – A pointless scene with a cardboard cut-out character. The scene in the Cross Keys is almost as bad.

Look out for: Sir James' son, who's actually played by Jimmy Nail's real life son.