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Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever-growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Düsseldorf. Follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.

An adaptation of six of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in a modern setting.

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Features "food talented" contestants aged from 18 to 25 as their skills are put to the test by a panel of expert judges and celebrity guests.

Following a riot in the African country where they are working at an embassy, Oz sustains an injury to his backside whilst sheltering a female embassy official with whom he has been having sex, from a bomb. The group gets air-lifted and ends up in Laos to undertake more embassy work. However Bomber has stayed behind in Arizona with his new family and sends his greetings to his colleagues.

Oz's prospective buyer turns up but, without having the legal deed of ownership, securing the sale has complications. Meanwhile, with the backing of the rest of the lads, Barry finally confronts his wife and his business partner.

Neville's contact gives him a ticket for the boxing event, while Oz makes a date with the Prima Ballerina and Wyman joins the Embassy Scuba Club. But before any of them can make their appointments, the lads have to pick up an old bath for the Ambassador's new residence.

Joe's son and his fellow work crew arrive and start work on the construction, but it comes to light that a key part of the shipment never made it to America. Dennis returns to England to strike a deal with Grainger for the missing part, while a policeman from England arrives looking for Moxey.

The lads are arrested by the DEA, but manage to get bail. Work on the project grinds to a halt when there are problems getting appropriate labor, and Oz manages to rub some locals up the wrong way on a night out. Meanwhile, the discovery of a body in the Tees has the British police looking for Moxey.

Barry is reunited with Tatiana, his Russian wife, who has come out to Thailand for a reconciliation but soon afterwards he is kidnapped and a ransom of 100,000 dollars demanded. A man claims to know where he is being held and drives them to a village but then they are all kidnapped by local guerillas. However they steal the guerilla leader's phone and summon help, discovering that the brains behind the plot is spymaster Tarquin, whom they met in Russia. After such excitement they are glad to resume work in a peaceful location, returning to Germany.

There is a major financial hiccough with the project when the buyer falls through, Barry gets suspicious about his business partner, Neville causes problems when he speaks to a journalist and Oz gets a big surprise when he goes to see his son perform in a club.

Many years have passed since the lads completed the building job in Spain for Ally Fraser when all bar one of them are brought back together in Middlesborough for Oz's wake - but someone puts in a surprise appearance with a proposal for a very ambitious project for them to undertake.

Barry is detained for questioning while the rest of the lads return to the UK courtesy of the British Consulate in St Petersburg. A Russian crime lord, whose mansion they have been working on is blown up just as they are finishing the job. But their brush with the Diplomatic Service prompts them to sign up with OED, the Government department that handles building contracts for British Embassies all over the world.

Barry has been arrested after the car crash, but now the authorities begin to suspect he could be a spy. Oz's relationship also attracts special attention, Wyman's mother turns up unannounced and Neville has a secret mission.

The lads make a start on their new venture, with Dennis resuming his former role as the group's gaffer. In a twist of irony, they decide to employ foreign workers to keep costs down, but it seems very unlikely that that will prove to be the only source of their problems.

Neville makes a new friend, Wyman starts seeing a girl from the Embassy and Oz persuades the others to help renovate his Cuban girlfriend's home. However, Dennis begins to feel everyone's avoiding him, and his suspicions are further aroused when the work-rate on the site drops off.

The lads start work refurbishing a large derelict property to become the Ambassador's new residence. Wyman has a very memorable experience on their first night out on the town in Havana. The next evening, at a drinks reception for the Cuban National Ballet Company, Neville finally meets his contact and Oz finds himself strangely captivated by the Prima Ballerina.

Neville learns the truth about his contact, Wyman's mother comes up with a plan to smuggle Oz's girlfriend out of Cuba while Barry continues to languish in jail under suspicion of espionage.

The next group of 6 contestants must face an invention test, pro restaurant service and interview. Only 1 will go forward to the quarter final.

The 4 winners of previous heats must display passion, food knowledge and cook a 3 course meal for both judges. Only one will advance to the Semi-Final.

The next group of 6 contestants must face an invention test, pro restaurant service and interview. Only 1 will go forward to the quarter final.