A fourth series of six episodes was aired on bbc one from 4 january to 8 february 2004. The dominican republic had to be used however, when permission was not granted. Series four is set in cuba actually filmed in the dominican republic and the lads are up to their old tricks of drinking and womanising. With timothy spall, jimmy nail, tim healy, kevin whately. A fourth series was transmitted in the uk early in 2004. Wyman norris noel clarke wyman is nothing like his father.
The lead roles were performed by tim healy, kevin whately, jimmy nail, gary holton, christopher fairbank, pat roach and timothy spall. Bbc drama chiefs are likely to have been disappointed by the start of the latest series, which saw the geordie builders head off to cuba to repair. Lengthy negotiations between the bbc and the cuban government failed to secure permission for filming so the series was filmed in the. Best tv series a list of 22 titles created 16 feb 2016 andys tv. One of two episodes in series four named after a graham greene novel, the other being the end of the affair. One of the bbc s most popular dramas of 2002 is back for. The second series of the show about a motley crew of. With kevin whately, timothy spall, jimmy nail, christopher fairbank. The next evening, at a drinks reception for the cuban national ballet company, neville finally meets his. Bomber the character had decided to jack it in and sadly pat had died during the. The series was created by franc roddam after an idea from mick connell, a bricklayer from stocktonontees. Oz jimmy nail, denis tim healy, neville kevin whately, barry timothy spall, moxey christopher fairbank, bomber pat roach and wyman noel clarke travel to havana to. With tim healy, kevin whately, timothy spall, jimmy nail. A russian crime lord, whose mansion they have been working on is blown up just as they are finishing the job.
Barry is detained for questioning while the rest of the lads return to the uk courtesy of the british consulate in st petersburg. He is close with the lads and takes up his father waynes old role in the group. Wayne, dennis, oz, bomber, barry, neville and moxey, who are living and working on a german building site. Pat roach, jimmy nail, gary holton, timothy spall, tim healy, kevin whately, christopher fairbank, noel clarke. London locations were also used for newcastle on screen. It wasnt possible to carry out location filming in cuba, so series 4 had to be filmed in the dominican republic. One of the bbc s most popular dramas of 2002 is back for another. The lads start work refurbishing a large derelict property to become the ambassadors new residence. We follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind. After a disastrous trip to russia, the boys find themselves in cuba, refurbishing an embassy building. But any serious fan of this series has to purchase the whole lot.
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