1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roughnecks.jpg]] |
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3 | A BritishSeries about the personal and professional lives of a group of oil rig workers on the fictional Osprey Explorer. It ran from 1994-1995. |
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6 | !!Provides examples of: |
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8 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Chris. He milks it. |
9 | -->'''Tessa: '''"You can't help but fancy him." |
10 | -->'''Hilary: '''"And it's always the bastards, eh?" |
11 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Village's mum, who shouts to him in Italian across an airport lounge full of roughnecks. |
12 | * AscendedExtra: |
13 | ** Cath, who can be seen in a few scenes at the airport talking to the guys in Series One. She gets a much greater role and PromotionToOpeningTitles in Series Two. |
14 | ** Davey and Kevin were ThoseTwoGuys in Series One, but they get their own storyline in Series Two. |
15 | * BritishBrevity: Ran for two series. Series one had six episodes, and series two had seven episodes. |
16 | * TheCasanova: Chris. |
17 | %%* CasanovaWannabe: They don't call Village "Village" for nothing. |
18 | * CharacterDevelopment: Village - starts off an idiot (thus the nickname) but he matures during the course of the series. |
19 | * DaddysGirl: Heather. |
20 | %%* EmbarrassingNickname: Village - he is [[TheFool an idiot]], and also Welsh. The jokes write themselves. |
21 | * EverybodyIsSingle: With a couple of notable exceptions. This is not actually unrealistic, given that being away for weeks at a time would play merry hell with a relationship. |
22 | * FeminineWomenCanCook: Delightfully subverted. When Cinders is sick, Tessa has a go at cooking: |
23 | -->'''Chris (no doubt speaking for everyone):''' "How can you bugger up frozen peas?!" |
24 | * TheGamblingAddict: Cinders. It caused his divorce. |
25 | * GentleGiant: Archie. (Clive Russell plays this type frequently.) |
26 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Chris and Ceefax. |
27 | * HufflepuffHouse: The Osprey has a crew of 80, so there are a lot of people [[HeroOfAnotherStory kicking round in the background we know nothing about.]] |
28 | * InSeriesNickname: Ceefax is called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceefax Ceefax]] because he [[SomedayThisWillComeInHandy "knows everything".]] |
29 | * JobTitle |
30 | * LadykillerInLove: Chris, with Heather. |
31 | * LeftHanging: There were a number of interesting plot developments in [=S02E07=], but unfortunately a third series was never made. |
32 | * MarriedToTheJob: Quite a lot of the rig crew are essentially this, because their work schedule means relationships are hard to maintain. |
33 | * MySisterIsOffLimits: When [[spoiler: Ceefax]] admits to Village that he is going out with Village's sister, Village is initially a bit peturbed. He gets over it, though. |
34 | * NiceGuy: Ceefax, Ian and Archie. |
35 | * OddCouple: [[NiceGuy Ceefax]] and [[TheCasanova Chris]]. |
36 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Ceefax and Cinders. Their real names are respectively Graeme and Douglas, but are rarely referred to as such. |
37 | * NoWomansLand: The rig. This is, of course, truth in television. And then Hilary and Tessa turn up. |
38 | * PhotographyAndIllustration: During an inquiry being held about an accident on the rig, there is a black and white photograph of the real-life rig [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Alpha Piper Alpha]], which exploded, killing 167 men. It is an utterly chilling sight when you know what it is. |
39 | * PromotionToOpeningTitles: Cath, Davey, and Kevin in Series Two. |
40 | * ReassignedToAntarctica: Being labelled "NRB" ("Not Required Back") is considered this by the guys on the rig. |
41 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Ceefax and Chris. |
42 | * TeamMom: Izzy. |
43 | * TerritorialSmurfette: Thankfully averted - Hilary and Tessa immediately become good friends. |
44 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Kevin and Davey in Series One. |
45 | * Totally18: Chris is at pains to point out when he starts going out with Tom's daughter that she is nineteen now. He has a perfectly valid point, but [[BoyfriendBlockingDad Tom]] is still...displeased. With his fist. |
46 | * VisitByDivorcedDad: Archie visiting his children. |
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