"Miami Twice" is the two-part tenth

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edition of the

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''. The first episode, on-screen subtitle "The American Dream", was first screened on 24 December 1991. The second episode of "Miami Twice" was first screened the following day, 25 December 1991. The second episode is subtitled "Oh to Be in England". When "Oh To Be in England" was originally broadcast on Christmas Day it ran at 95 minutes (the longest of any "Only Fools and Horses" episode). Subsequent repeats on BBC One often edited this to 85 minutes. Material removed in the shorter version included sections of dialogue in the introduction where Del and Rodney discuss how the trip was paid for and that "there will be no women on this trip," as well as two scenes back in

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, in the flat with Albert and Raquel, and in the Nag's Head when Del appears on the Six O'Clock News. On the 1998 VHS release (and subsequent DVD release), it was reedited as one episode, and titled "Miami Twice: The Movie". This contains a number of edits from the original. The final scene of Del and Rodney in the departure lounge in "The American Dream" which segues in the end credits was removed, alongside part of the scene in the bar during "Oh To Be in England". The usual musical replacements were also made in some scenes. Notably in this version a laugh track is added to "Oh To Be In England". The episodes are available separately on iTunes, Amazon Prime and Netflix with the original broadcast music and no laughter track on "Oh To Be In England". However, the shorter 85-minute version of "Oh To Be in England" is the version used on these sites.

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chose the second episode as his favourite episode of ''Only Fools and Horses'' in 2015, recalling its background on a special pre-recorded clip that was broadcast before a repeat of the episode on

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as a forerunner for the ''Only Fools and Horses Top 20'' series.

Synopsis

Miami Twice – Part One: The American Dream

The episode opens with

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's christening, shortly after which

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concludes a deal with the vicar to sell "pre-blessed"

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from

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. The vicar will bless lorry loads of wine, which will then be sold to churches all over the UK. Meanwhile, Rodney is beginning to reconcile with

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, staying with her on weekends, and has learned from Alan that having resigned from his job with ''Parry Print Ltd'' in " The Chance of a Lunchtime", Rodney can now claim his pension money. A few days later, at Sid's cafe, Del tells Rodney about how he can get him and Cassandra back together instantly: a holiday to

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, for which Del has already bought tickets – with Rodney's pension money. Del's "pre-blessed" wine deal also falls through; the wine he intends to use turns out to be Romanian

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, which is white and unsuitable for communion. An irate Rodney returns home later that night, having learned that Cassandra has important meetings with her bosses at the bank that week and thus cannot go with him. Despite Rodney's initial nervousness to the idea, Del persuades his brother to let him go with him instead. The episode ends as the Trotter Brothers board their

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plane to America (satirically encountering

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Miami Twice – Part Two: Oh to Be in England

With

and Rodney having arranged a holiday to

, this one takes place predominantly in that location. It emerges that boss of a local

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family, a

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parody named Don Vincenzo "Vinny the Chain" Ochetti, is on trial and facing life imprisonment for

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and

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. Ochetti is also a

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for Del Boy (and is thus also played by

). When his son Rico is with members of the family in a bar, they notice Del. Befriending him and Rodney, they hatch a plot to

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Del with the intention of tricking the public into thinking that the Don himself has been murdered, thus sparing him the trial and certain imprisonment. After arranging for their camper van to be robbed, the group invite Del and Rodney to stay at the family mansion. Over the following days, several attempts to kill Del, including shooting him in a beach-side restaurant and sending him off on a

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with a broken throttle, fail. Meanwhile, Rodney contacts Cassandra and learns that Del knew Cassandra would be unable to go on holiday that particular week and therefore booked it to guarantee himself a free holiday with Rodney's pension money. An enraged Rodney encounters Ochetti and believing him to be Del pins him up against the wall and promises revenge. However just after the confused Don leaves, Rodney meets Del, who admits to Rodney that he wanted to lay low for a while to avoid repercussions from the Church for selling them the white wine. Rodney however is unable to understand how Del got back into their room as Rodney got there first and locked the door whilst Del is also wearing different clothes. Rodney begins to think there is someone in the mansion who looks like Del. Whilst browsing around the family mansion, Del discovers who Rico's family really are after inadvertently being left in a meeting with two Colombian drug barons by Rico, who mistook Del for his father. After the meeting he also informs Rodney of Rico and the family's true intentions. Realising he has just attacked the head of a mafia family, Rodney agrees to return home and the two brothers escape through the window and run, ultimately ending up in the

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, dodging the gangsters and an

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where they meet the holidaying

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and Marlene. Despite being cornered by the gangsters, they manage to escape. After pinning the drug dealing papers on the park ranger station's door, the Trotter brothers go straight to the airport and wait there until their return flight to England, where it is revealed on a news programme that Ochetti has been found guilty on all counts, the Colombians were caught thanks to Del's information, and Rico was arrested for illegally hunting in the Everglades. Upon returning home, Del Boy and Rodney find stacked boxes of white wine in their flat, as well as a welcoming

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and

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Episode cast

Part One

In order of appearance *

Derek Trotter Derek Edward Trotter, more commonly known as Del Boy, is a fictional character from the BBC sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'' and one of the main characters of its spinoff series, '' Rock & Chips''. He was played by David Jason in the original ...

Nicholas Lyndhurst Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst (born 20 April 1961) is an English actor. He began his career as a child actor and is best known for his role as Rodney Trotter in the BBC sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'' (1981–2003). He was cast as Professor Alan C ...

Rodney Trotter Rodney Charlton Trotter (also known as Dave by Trigger) is a fictional character in the long running BBC sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'', played by Nicholas Lyndhurst. Biography Rodney Charlton Trotter was born on 2 November 1960 to Joan Trott ...

Buster Merryfield Harry "Buster" Merryfield (27 November 1920England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007 – 23 June 1999) was an English actor best known for starring as Uncle Albert in the BBC comedy ''Only Fools and Horses''. Early life Merr ...

as Albert Trotter *

Tessa Peake-Jones Tessa Peake-Jones (born 9 May 1957) is an English actress who has appeared in '' The Danedyke Mystery'' (1979), ''Pride and Prejudice'' (1980), ''When We Are Married'' (1987), '' Up the Garden Path'' (1990–1993), '' So Haunt Me'' (1992–1994) ...

Raquel Turner Rachel "Raquel" Turner (formerly Slater; born 4 June 1957See ) is a fictional character from the BBC television sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'', in which she is Del Boy's long-term partner. She is portrayed by Tessa Peake-Jones. Character cre ...

Gwyneth Strong Gwyneth Strong (born 2 December 1959) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Cassandra, the love interest and, later, wife of Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), in ''Only Fools and Horses'' (1989-2003), and for playing Geraldine Clo ...

as Cassandra Trotter *

John Challis John Spurley Challis (16 August 1942 – 17 September 2021) was an English actor. He had an extensive theatre and television career but is best known for portraying Boycie, Terrance Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC Television sitcom ...

Roger Lloyd-Pack Roger Anthony Lloyd-Pack (8 February 1944 – 16 January 2014) was a British actor. He is best known for playing Trigger in ''Only Fools and Horses'' from 1981 to 2003, and Owen Newitt in ''The Vicar of Dibley'' from 1994 to 2007. He later star ...

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* Kenneth MacDonald as Mike Fisher *

Sue Holderness Susan Joan Holderness (born 28 May 1949) is an English actress on both stage and screen having had appearances in '' Bless This House'' (1974), '' The New Avengers'' (1977), '' Canned Laughter'' (1979), '' The Sandbaggers'' (1980), '' The Cleopat ...

as Marlene *

Denis Lill Denis Lill (born 22 April 1942) is a New Zealand-born British actor. He is best known for his roles in '' Survivors'' as Charles Vaughan, ''Only Fools and Horses'' as Alan Parry, '' Outside Edge'' as Dennis Broadley and as Consultant General Su ...

as Alan Parry *

Wanda Ventham Wanda Ventham (born 5 August 1935) is an English actress with many roles on British television since beginning her career in the 1950s. Ventham played Colonel Virginia Lake in the 1970s science-fiction television series '' UFO'' and had a rec ...

as Pamela Parry * Patrick Murray as Mickey Pearce * Paul Barber as

Denzil Tulser Denzil Tulser (born 8 August 1948) is a character in the BBC sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'', played by Paul Barber. Denzil is a long-distance lorry driver originally from Liverpool, a good friend of Derek Trotter and one of Del's frequent ...

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as Sid *

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as the Vicar *Grant Stevens as Damien Trotter (uncredited) *

as himself (uncredited)

Part Two

/Don Vincenzo Occhetti *

as Albert Trotter *

as Cassandra Trotter *

* Kenneth MacDonald as Mike Fisher *

as Marlene * Paul Barber as

* Patrick Murray as Mickey Pearce *

as Alan Parry *

as Sid *

as the Vicar *Grant Stevens as Damien Trotter *

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as Ricardo 'Rico' Occhetti *Tom Kouchalakos as Salvatore *Raphael Gomez as Pauly *Dave Corey as Lurch *Jay Amor as Tony *

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as Alberto Vasquez * Roberto Escobar as Francesco *Roger Pretto as Carlotti *

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as Herrena *John Archie as Cop *Rob Fuller as Cop *Dee Dee Deering as Miss Daisy *Jeff Gillen as Man in Restroom *Renee Sweeney as News Reporter *Will Knickerbocker as Mac *D.L. Blakely as Everglades ranger *Damien Chuck as Camera Thief *Joshua Rosen as Tyler Boyce *

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as Taxi Driver *

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as himself *Nick Scott as the Man on the Aeroplane

Notes

* The title of the two-part special is derived from the 1984 American

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''.

Anomalies

The second part of "Miami Twice" is something of an anomaly in the series. There was incidental music throughout the episode, which was not normally used in the series. It was one of only two episodes to be shot entirely on film (the other being "

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" although, unlike that episode, the set of The Nag's Head and the Trotters' flat did not have an extra wall), only three without a laugh track (the others being "To Hull and Back" and " A Royal Flush"), one of three not to use the regular closing music (the others being "

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" and " Rodney Come Home") and the only episode not to use the regular opening titles and theme music, instead opting for a cover of

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song " Summer in the City", recorded by the Gutter Brothers. The only on-screen mention of "Only Fools and Horses" in this episode appeared on the first caption of the closing credits, whereas only the name "Miami Twice" appeared in the opening titles. The second episode's title "Oh To Be in England" did not appear on screen, but was confirmed by Steve Clark. However, the first episode "The American Dream" used the regular opening titles and end theme, and was also produced like a regular episode – with a studio audience and on videotape.

Music

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". Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" is replaced by a similar-sounding piece of music. In part 2, Amy Grant's "Baby Baby" is replaced with "Opposites Attract" by Paula Abdul. During Part 2, Del Boy also sights

on a boat trip and sings " How Deep Is Your Love".

References

External links

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