Jimmy Nail is to say Guten Tag once again to his ex-workmates as he reunites with former members of the Auf Wiedersehen, Pet cast. The singer-songwriter and actor who played Oz in the long-running TV ...

AUF Wiedersehen, Pet has been voted the best ITV show of all time. The comedy-drama – which made household names of Timothy Spall, Kevin Whately and Jimmy Nail – came top of a poll by the Radio Times.

The Likely Lads, a tale of two Geordie working-class mates ‘on the hoy and on the pull’ had introduced us to the pen, wit and down to earth fun of Ian La Frenais and his writing partner Dick Clement.