FOR 20 years a Christmas episode of Britain’s favourite comedy Only Fools and Horses was as much a fixture on Christmas Day as The Queen’s Speech. Here writer Steve Clark, author of Only Fools and …
Del Boy and Rodders went to Miami in Florida in 1991 for the second half of a two-part Christmas special Miami Twice, but despite careful planning the whole £2 million episode was nearly wrecked.
Despite assurances from the Miami authorities that the powerful unions wouldn’t cause problems, within days of starting to film the Teamsters Union was threatening to shut-down production.“I found this great fat, balding guy sitting at his desk. He had a real James Cagney-at-his-worst accent and he said: ‘So what are you doing in my town?’”
Eventually, one of the drivers was assigned as a chauffeur for John Sullivan, instead of him running up big taxi bills. “He was a very nice, polite man,” said John. “Some people think we shot it behind a glass screen but we didn’t, we were genuinely just a few feet away from some big old jaws,” Nicholas recalled.
“It was one of the bravest things I’ve ever seen because we had no idea what was underneath the surface and splashing in like he did would alert every alligator around. That took some guts.”The final moments of the first episode of Miami Twice saw the Trotter brothers flying out of Gatwick Airport and featured a guest appearance by Virgin boss Richard Branson – but the shot had to be re-filmed many times.
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