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Auf is back to haunt us.


Byline: Kaye Adams
For other people with the same name, see Kaye Adams (disambiguation)


Kaye Adams (born April 9, 1941) is an American country singer.

She was born Princetta Kay Adams
 

While the rest of the TV world is spectacularly imploding, the BBC BBC
 in full British Broadcasting Corp.

Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927.
 is quietly beavering away, flogging its wares.

Its worldwide division has just sold the classic 80s series Auf Wiedersehen Pet to Germany of all places. Remember the tale...? Seven British construction workers played by a cast including Jimmy Nail Jimmy Nail is an English actor and singer (born March 16, 1954, Gleneagles Close, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne). He is famous for his idiosyncratic looks, hit singles and a strong Geordie accent. , Tim Healey, Kevin Whatley and Tim Spall were forced to move abroad to find work on foreign sites. It captured the zeitgeist of the time - recession, unemployment near three million and Norman Tebbit had told workers to 'get on their bikes'.

Blooming 'eck, this is all sounding a bit familiar, eh?

Forget flogging it to Germany, let's have Auf Wiedersehen repeats here.
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Title Annotation:Features
Publication:Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date:Mar 7, 2009
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