Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series) The Return of the Seven: Part 1 (1986) User Reviews

"What do you think you'll find up there?"

[ygwerin1 · 9/10 · 12 March 2020]

The 7 revisited first we see the gang scattered to the 4 winds, Oz and Barry are in the Falklands. Though what the hell they're doing there, apart from chasing across mine fields.

Bomber has returned to wrestling, Moxey is in the nick. Wayne is supposed to be married, though there is no sign of his other half.

Neville is desperate for get away from baby-sitting his nipper to get back to work, while his misses works as a nurse.

Dennis is living with his sister after the marriage collapsed, not long after his wife decided he was a better bet than Mr fantastic, that she had left him for in the first place. Dennis is also ungainfully employed as a Goffer, for Newcastle's Scots villain come entrepreneur Ally Fraser.

Barry returns home and is desperate to fulfil the promise, to his beloved Hazel to get their love nest ready.

After a suggestion by his dopey work colleague Trevor, Barry decided to send an SOS Message to the Magnificent 7 to ride to his Rescue.

Never Mind the Set Up

[nephihaha · 6/10 · 23 January 2012]

It's an unconvincing excuse for a reunion, but maybe it was one we all wanted to see. The first half is taken up with the lads reminiscing, scenario setting etc, but there is one mildly entertaining scene set in the Falklands (Probably one of the few dramas involving the Falklands, which doesn't involve the war or soldiers - at least not directly). Things get a whole lot more convincing when Oz turns up about half way through and gives his political lecture on "Fascist intimidation".

There are some good lines dotted about: "Always seemed strange to me, all those seven foot American Negroes playing for Milton Keynes," "What do you expect to find up there? Eh? A striker for Newcastle United?" and "They'll probably be in the Bel and Dragon, drinking penis coladas til dawn." Unusually, there's a good scene with Moxey in the prison - "Didn't have a lot in common with him... except acne." Moxey suffered from weak writing in most of series two, but his character works here. I've always felt a lot more could have been done with the Trev character as well.

In some ways though, this is mostly a TV episode, i.e. for people who hadn't seen the previous series for at least a few months before. If you're watching this these days, you're either seeing it on DVD (with series one) or on some digital channel (in which case they'll probably be showing them back to back.) There's too much set up, too much flashback, too much nostalgia... Watch it to get into series two, but don't bother with repeated viewing.

High Point: Oz on Thatcherism.

Low Point: Bloopers, lots of them. I don't just mean the ones that anoraks pick up, but some really obvious ones. A lot of the outdoor scenes have spectators, and I don't just mean Barry on the intercom.

Look out for: Pippa, played by a little known Sammi Davis; "I want this done by nightfall, even if it takes til tomorrow morning!"

The Return of the Seven: Part 1

[Prismark10 · 5/10 · 21 July 2021]

After the blockbuster success of the first series.

It was a matter of when rather than if when it came to the second series. Although the route to the screen was far from easy given one of the main actor died during filming.

The first episode was a set up to get the gang back together. It was Barry who is the catalyst, he is engaged to get married and needs help to get his house refurbished.

The best bit was based in the Falklands involving a few of the lads racing across a field filled with landmines.

The rest was a tad disappointing. It was to much seeing how the characters were doing after their stint in Germany and setting up the reunion.

Dennis should had stayed with Dagmar. He has separated from his wife again and now works as a driver for shady Scot Ally Fraser.

The second series will have an arc and it will involve Fraser.