Roughnecks
- 1994 – 1995
- Ended
- Comedy · Drama
- ~50m / ep
- 2 seasons
- 7.3/10
Roughnecks is a BBC comedy-drama series that ran over two series between 1994 and 1995 on BBC One. The show centred on the working and personal lives of those who worked on the fictional oil rig "The Osprey Explorer" in the North Sea.
Latest: Season 2 · 1995
View all seasonsE1. Episode 1
Nov 9, 1995 · 50m
Already reeling from the tragic disaster and the loss of Ian in Season One, the Roughnecks are thrust into more danger when it appears that terrorists taken over Osprey Explorer
E2. Episode 2
Nov 16, 1995 · 50m
The security exercise doesn't find favour with the Roughnecks
E3. Episode 3
Nov 23, 1995 · 50m
E4. Episode 4
Nov 30, 1995 · 50m
E5. Episode 5
Dec 7, 1995 · 50m
E6. Episode 6
Dec 14, 1995 · 50m
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Cast
James Cosmo
Tom
Liam Cunningham
Chris
Paul Copley
Ian
Ricky Tomlinson
Cinders
Clive Russell
Archie
George Rossi
Kevin
Bruce Jones
Terry
Colum Convey
Ceefax
Teresa Banham
Tessa
Francesca Hunt
Hilary
Alec Westwood
Davey
Anne Raitt
Izzy
Ashley Jensen
Heather
Katy Murphy
Cath
John McGlynn
Drew
Martin Wenner
Edward Bergman
Juliet Cadzow
Morag
John Kazek
Telegram Sam
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