Line #47 Series/Roughnecks


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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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