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.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | If I Were a Carpenter | 1983-11-11 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Who Won the War Anyway? | 1983-11-18 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Girls They Left Behind | 1983-11-25 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Suspicion | 1983-12-02 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Home Thoughts from Abroad | 1983-12-09 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Accused | 1983-12-16 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Private Lives | 1983-12-30 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Fugitive | 1984-01-06 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Alien | 1984-01-13 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Last Rites | 1984-01-20 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | The Lovers | 1984-01-27 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Love and Other Four Letter Words | 1984-02-03 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | When the Boat Goes Out | 1984-02-10 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | The Return of the Seven: Part 1 | 1986-02-21 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | The Return of the Seven: Part 2 | 1986-02-28 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | A Law for the Rich | 1986-03-07 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Another Country | 1986-03-14 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | A Home from Home | 1986-03-21 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Cowboys | 1986-03-28 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | No Sex Please, We're Brickies | 1986-04-04 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Marjorie Doesn't Live Here Anymore | 1986-04-11 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Hasta la Vista | 1986-04-18 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | Scoop | 1986-04-25 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Law and Disorder | 1986-05-02 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | For Better or Worse | 1986-05-09 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | Quo Vadis, Pet | 1986-05-16 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | Bridging the Gap | 2002-04-28 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | Heavy Metal | 2002-05-05 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | 2002-05-12 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | A Bridge Too Far | 2002-05-19 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Another Country | 2002-05-26 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | An Inspector Calls | 2002-06-02 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Britannia Waives the Rules | 2004-01-04 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | Our Boys in Havana | 2004-01-11 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | A Gift from Fidel | 2004-01-18 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Moonlighting | 2004-01-25 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | Dangerous Liaisons | 2004-02-01 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | The End of the Affair | 2004-02-08 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | Au Revoir, Part 1 | 2004-12-28 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | Au Revoir, Part 2 | 2004-12-29 | 60 min |
| Production | Jimmy Nail | Producer |
| Production | Alan Yentob | Producer |
| Production | Allan McKeown | Producer |
