Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series) Another Country (1986) User Reviews

The Other Half

[ygwerin1 · 8/10 · 13 March 2020]

Thornley Manor has turned out to be a Listed Building which throws something of a monkey wrench, into Alley Fraser's schemes.

Moxey is desperate enough to decide to go on the lamb, believing that the Old Bill has got his scent.

The Gang are at something of a loose end while they have to wait, for the problems with the Manor to be resolved.

However the local populace takes exception to the lads, because of what they what they consider to be hoi polloi.

Neville however meets a local resident who isn't averse, to taking advantage of cheap labour to work on his property.

Moxey arrived back from London with his cards and a new identity that of Brendan Mularchy.

Wayne has been upto his old tricks with the daughter of the publican, at the hostelry the lads were billeted in. The landlord catches him at it and turfed him out on his ear, and the crew find themselves homeless.

Upper Class Twits

[nephihaha · 6/10 · 27 January 2012]

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.