Roughnecks was a BBC

BBC

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 television series that ran over two series between 1994

1994 in British television

This is a list of British television related events from 1994.-Events:*13 January – David Dimbleby takes over as host of Question Time*14 January – An episode of the television soap Brookside shows a lesbian kiss between two of its characters....

 and 1995

1995 in British television

This is a list of British television related events from 1995.-Events:*3 February – An edition of the live morning ITV discussion programme The Time, The Place is abruptly ended ten minutes early...

 on BBC One

BBC One

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. The show centred on the working and personal lives of those who worked on oil rigs

Oil platform

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 in the North Sea

North Sea

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The cast included Liam Cunningham, Teresa Banham

Teresa Banham

Teresa Banham, also known and credited as Theresa Banham is a British television and theatre actress perhaps best known for playing the role of The Governor in the first part of the Doctor Who Christmas special, The End of Time and the role of Rebecca on the television show Robin...

, James Cosmo

James Cosmo

James Cosmo is a prolific Scottish actor, with numerous credits in film and television since the late 1960s and Cosmo is still currently acting. Cosmo was born in Clydebank, Scotland, the son of actor James Copeland...

, Bruce Jones

Bruce Jones

Ian Roy Jones is an English actor, best known for his role as cab driver Les Battersby-Brown in Coronation Street. He left the role in 2007. His real name is Ian Roy Jones, but he took the name of his father for professional purposes.-Early life:Jones was born to Bruce and Irene Jones in...

, Clive Russell

Clive Russell

Clive Russell is a British actor.Clive was born in Reeth, England and brought up in Fife, Scotland.He is a familiar face on British television and has appeared in numerous television series including Boys From the Black Stuff ,Hope And Glory, Neverwhere, Great Expectations, The Mists of Avalon,...

, Ricky Tomlinson

Ricky Tomlinson

Eric Tomlinson , known by his stage name Ricky Tomlinson, is an English actor and comedian, best known for his roles as Bobby Grant in Brookside, DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker and James "Jim" Royle in The Royle Family....

, Paul Copley

Paul Copley

Paul Mackriell Copley is an award-winning English actor and voice-over artist.-Early life:Copley was born in Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, and grew up beside a dairy farm there. His father, Harold, was involved with local amateur dramatic productions, as were the rest of his family...

 and Ashley Jensen

Ashley Jensen

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. It was created by the former Tomorrow's World

Tomorrow's World

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 presenter, Kieran Prendiville

Kieran Prendiville

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 and the theme tune was written by the American TV composer Mike Post

Mike Post

Mike Post is an American multi-Grammy and Emmy Award winning composer best known for scoring some of the most popular TV theme songs in the United States, for primetime series such as Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Rockford Files, LA Law, Quantum Leap, Magnum, P.I., Hill Street Blues, among numerous...

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