Season 2 • Episode 7
LatestRoughnecks is a BBC comedy-drama 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.
Acting
Ricky Tomlinson and Liam Cunningham's gruff chemistry
Production
Authentic rig filming in actual North Sea conditions
Writing
Prendiville's sharply observed workplace banter
Creator
Kieran Prendiville
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed on a decommissioned rig in the North Sea; cast genuinely seasick for early episodes.
One of the few 90s British dramas to centre working-class labor without poverty tourism—predates industry collapse.
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