Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Series 2

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983-2004) is a popular British comedy-drama series about a group of seven British migrant construction workers: Wayne, Dennis, Oz, Bomber, Barry, Neville and Moxey, who are living and working on a German building site. more »

Fraser:
[As Barry arrives in Fraser's open top BMW driven by a chauffeur] Barry, son. Very glad you could join me. [Opens the car door. Barry gets out, still in his work clothes.]

Barry:
[Shaking Fraser's hand] It's my pleasure. [The driver leaves. Fraser gestures to Barry to take a seat.]

Fraser:
Like a little of this, or something just a little bit stronger? [Gets a bottle of wine out of a wine bucket]

Barry:
Oh, no, that's lovely. Thank you very much. [Fraser pours Barry a glass of wine] That's lovely. Thank you very much. [Remembers that he's still wearing his sun plaster and rips it off. He and Fraser laugh.] I forgot about that.

Fraser:
You know, Barry, I love the port at this time of day. I love that light, the sound of the wind in the rigging, the shadow of the masts on the water...

Barry:
Yes. Yes, it's... it's lovely, innit? It's very, er... picturesque. I just wish I'd had a chance to put on some fresh clothes, that's all. [They laugh.]

Fraser:
Oh, Barry, son. Barry... Do you know, I owe you a lot.

Barry:
Do you?

Fraser:
Oh, yes. 'Cos you're the person that brought all these blokes together. If that hadn't happened, they wouldn't be here working for me now, would they?

Barry:
Yes... Yes, I suppose you're right.

Fraser:
We're the employers, you and me. The managerial class, so to speak. And I think that is what separates us from the others. Not that I want to disparage the other lads in any way whatsoever.

Barry:
No, no. Just that running your own business does cause different burdens, of course.

Fraser:
Exactly. [Gets a couple of cigars out of a case] D'you use these?

Barry:
[Taking one] Ta very much. [Fraser offers his lighter] I'll, er... smoke it later, if you don't mind. [Puts the cigar into his hat.]

Fraser:
Sure. [Signals for a guitar player to come over.] Now, Barry, the reason why I persuaded Kenny to lend you his yacht...

Barry:
I didn't know that was your idea.

Fraser:
Och, I didn't want to make a fuss about it at the time. No, the reason was, because I know how much that would have meant to me at your age. And I see an awful lot of me in you. But, you know, now I hear that you've changed your mind.

Barry:
Yes, well, it was a... a very agonising decision, Ally.

Fraser:
I know why you made that decision and I respect you for it. It's the old working class guilt. The ties that bond.

Barry:
In a way.

Fraser:
Look, Barry, son, Barry. People like you and me... we've risen above that struggle against the odds and we shouldn't be ashamed of it. You cannae let your roots shackle you forever. You've got to be looking forward. And now... your only allegiance is to that lovely Hazel. And in my opinion, my very, very humble opinion, it is your duty to give her a day that she will remember for the rest of her life.

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