Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Dusseldorf. We follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.
Dennis Patterson
Neville Hope
Leonard 'Oz' Osborne
Albert Moxey
Barry Taylor
Brian 'Bomber' Busbridge
Brenda Hope
Wayne Norris
Marjorie Osborne
Norma Patterson
Dagmar
Carol Pringle
Big Baz
Christine Chadwick
Vera Patterson
Howard Radcliff
Hazel Taylor
Trevor
Terry Leather
Ally Fraser
Wyman Norris
Kenny Ames
Tina
Herr Ulrich
Sarah
Tatiana Taylor
RaĂşl Ortiz
Joe Saugus
Yorgo
Lainie Proudfoot
Irena
Pru Scott-Johns
Tarquin Pearce
Jeffrey Grainger
Micky Startup
Chrissie
Ofelia Ortiz
Addey
Gary Turnbull
Michael Goy