Roughnecks (TV series)

This article is about The BBC series. For the animated series in the Starship Troopers franchise, see Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles.

Roughnecks
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Genre	Drama
Created by	Kieran Prendiville
Written by	Kieran Prendiville Steve Coombes Bryan Elsley Dave Robinson Alan Whiting
Directed by	Sandy Johnson Aisling Walsh
Starring	Teresa Banham Colum Convey Paul Copley James Cosmo Liam Cunningham Francesca Hunt Ashley Jensen Bruce Jones John McGlynn Ricky Tomlinson Katy Murphy
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	Charles Elton Moira Williams
Production location(s)	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC One
Picture format	4:3
Original release	1994 – 1995

Roughnecks was a BBC television series that ran over two series between 1994 and 1995 on BBC One. The show centred on the working and personal lives of those who worked on 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.

The cast included Liam Cunningham, Teresa Banham, James Cosmo, Bruce Jones, Clive Russell, Ricky Tomlinson, Paul Copley and Ashley Jensen. It was created by the former Tomorrow's World presenter, Kieran Prendiville and the theme tune was written by the American TV composer Mike Post.

Main Cast

James Cosmo as Tom Butcher

Bruce Jones as Terry Morrell

Clive Russell as Archie McGrandle

Liam Cunningham as Chris Brennan

Ricky Tomlinson as Douglas "Cinders" Hudson

Colum Convey as Graeme "Ceefax" Revell

Hywell Simons as Wilf "Village" Granelle

Paul Copley as Ian Pollard

George Rossi as Kevin Lamb

Alec Westwood as Davey Rains

John McGlynn as Drew MacAllister

Ashley Jensen as Heather Butcher (née Brennan)

Francesca Hunt as Hilary Whiteson

Teresa Banham as Tessa Buckingham

Anne Raitt as Izzy Butcher

John Kazek as Telegram Sam

Martin Wenner as Edward Bergman

External links

• Roughnecks at IMDb