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Roughnecks was a British television drama series, created and principally written by former Tomorrow's World presenter Kieran Prendiville, that first broadcast on BBC1 on 16 June 1994. Produced by First Choice Productions, Roughnecks ran for two series, with the final episode broadcasting on 21 December 1995. The series centres on the working and personal lives of the crew of the fictional oil rig "The Osprey Explorer" in the North Sea. Offshore filming was undertaken on the oil rig Dan Countess, which was not in use at the time.
Original Release
06/16/1994 on BBC
Cast
Name | Character |
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Teresa Banham | Tessa Buckingham / Tessa |
Colum Convey | Ceefax |
Paul Copley | Ian |
James Cosmo | Tom |
Liam Cunningham | Chris |
Francesca Hunt | Hilary |
Ashley Jensen | Heather |
Bruce Jones | Terry |
John McGlynn | Drew McAllister / Drew |
Anne Raitt | Izzy |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Episode #2.1 | Thursday, 09 November 1995 |
2 | Episode #2.2 | Thursday, 16 November 1995 |
3 | Episode #2.3 | Thursday, 23 November 1995 |
4 | Episode #2.4 | Thursday, 30 November 1995 |
5 | Episode #2.5 | Thursday, 07 December 1995 |
6 | Episode #2.6 | Thursday, 14 December 1995 |
7 | Episode #2.7 | Thursday, 21 December 1995 |
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Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Teresa Banham | Tessa Buckingham / Tessa |
Colum Convey | Ceefax |
Paul Copley | Ian |
James Cosmo | Tom |
Liam Cunningham | Chris |
Francesca Hunt | Hilary |
Ashley Jensen | Heather |
Bruce Jones | Terry |
John McGlynn | Drew McAllister / Drew |
Anne Raitt | Izzy |
George Rossi | Kevin |
Clive Russell | Archie |
Hywel Simons | Wilf / Village |
Ricky Tomlinson | Cinders |
Alec Westwood | Davey |
John Kazek | Telegram Sam |
Martin Wenner | Edward Bergman / Edvard |
Katy Murphy | Cath / Check-In Girl |
Frances Carrigan | Carole |
Juliet Cadzow | Morag |