Miami Twice - oh to be in England Episode Review
Brief: Del Boy and Rodney haven’t been in Miami a day yet they bumped into these nice ‘Family’ boys at the night club and they can stay with them. What they don’t know is that there is a Godfather involved; Don Ochetti, and they are expendable. On the run in the Everglades is not fun, but maybe they will bump into someone they know!
Transmitted: 25.12.1991
Duration: 95 minutes
Viewing Figures: 14.9 million
At Damien Trotter’s christening (much to Rodney’s horror), Del strikes a cushdy deal with the Vicar to sell pre-blessed wine around the country.
Rodney is living with Del and Albert on week days, and with Cassandra at weekends, on the advice of a Relate councillor.
Del organises a ‘two for one’ holiday for the Trotter clan, knowing full well that Cassandra will not be able to make it. When the brothers arrive in Miami, the family of mafioso boss Vincenzo Ochetti spot Del – who bears a striking resemblance to their Don.
Soon realising they are not simply being shown American hospitality, Del and Rodney flee… aided and abetted by Boycie, Marlene and their baby Tyler who are also in the states.
Upon a safe return to Peckham, they find dozens of crates of wine, which were deemed unfit for Holy Communion.
Episode Observations
- In Miami Twice (part 2), after rodney tells del he has just seen his double they go and see if they can find him and when del gets to the door way of don ochetis room you can see dels shadow on the wall but as he walks away you can also see another shadow that wasn’t there before.
- In Miami Twice (part 2), When Rachael is walking passed the church with Damien in his pram, the vicar is blessing the lorry load of wine. He then informs her that it is the wrong colour(white not red).So why was he blessing it?
- In Miami Twice (part 2), Del has his camera stolen and the scene finishes with Del chasing the thief. In the next scene Del not only has his camera back but he also has the thiefs camera!
- In Miami Twice (part 2), Don Ocheti is being watched constantly by Police surveilance. If this is so and they assume Del is Don (like they do on the jet ski and at the restaurant), how come they never followed them both when they made a run for it at the end, when they discovered Rico and company were the Mafia?!
- In Miami Twice (part 2), When Rodney finally phones Cassandra from Rico’s mansion, listen for Cassandra’s voice as the camera first cuts back to the mansion from the airport. She is saying “Are you alright?”, and you can still hear her saying the “alright” down the telephone line when the picture cuts back to Rodney at the mansion. However, after this, her voice can’t be heard at all down the phone line, even though Rodney is still “replying” to her questions. Very subtle but very noticeable once you’ve spotted it!
- In Miami Twice (part 2), at the start of episode, when Rodney is telling Del to take his earphones out, check out the laugh by Del as he realises what Rodney is saying. It is obviously overdubbed, albeit very badly.
- In Miami Twice (part 2), you can see….one of the Mafia family breaks into Del and Rodney’s camper van. But at this point they could not have known it was their van because they had not yet spoken to them?
- In Miami Twice (part 2), When Del & rodney have just got on Boycie’s boat in the Everglades, Rico is about to try to shoot them. He picks up his gun and passes his glasses across to one of his bodyguards, but the bodyguard drops them. You then see the two men behind Rico laugh.
- In Miami Twice (part 2), At the beginning of the episode Delboy asks a local to take a photo of himself and Rodney, the local looks at the camera he owns, then looks at Delboy’s and runs off with it. Although Delboy chases after him we assume Del never catches him, however in the next scene when Delboy and Rodney are hiring the camper van, Delboy, quite clearly has the camera hanging round his neck.
- In Miami Twice (part 2), Del’s camera above, If you look in the scene after the camera is stolen. Del has his own and he also has the thief’s small yellow one. Hanging around his neck. So he must have caught him.
- In Miami Twice (part 2), just after Del face gets soaked and mucky from falling into the Everglades, Del moans to Rodney about “who put this swamp thing here?” yet his face is now all cleaned up!
- In Miami Twice (part 2), When Del bravely falls into the swamp (Everglades) a twig gets caught in his hat. It stays with him until they sit down for the alligator scene. At that point the twig suddenly vanishes.
- In Miami Twice (part 2), when Tyler spots Uncle Rodney on the side of the riverbank, somehow the voice doesn’t seem to fit the child.
- In Miami Twice (part 2), the BBC video in the shops is edited and is around 6 minutes shorter than the version shown on TV in 1991- This could be due to contractual reasons on the music used.
Miami Twice - oh to be in England Script
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Mr Accurate isn’t very Accurate with his knowledge of OFAH, if you go onto the BBC’s Website and do a little digging you will find a Page that lists OFAH Episodes and Original Airdates and as you will see “Oh To Be In England!” is the correct subtitle for Miami Twice Part Two.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00bjp8s
Well said Anon!
@ Mr Accurate – Who the hell cares, as far as all only fools and horses fans are concerned, there were two episodes called, “oh to be in England” and “the American dream”.
if after 20 odd years, you want to be picky about such a trivial matter, then i suggest you get a life.
Hi There,
I am emailing to ask who plays Pauly the mafia hitman in the only fools and horses miami twice episode?
I am asking as I thought he was brilliant in that part and very good looking as well.
Do you know where I could get an autograph of him and a picture?
Thanks
Rachel
hi rachel
according to imdb the actor who plays pauly is called Raphael Gomez. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0666562/fullcredits
hope that gets you started
Hi Jess
Thankyou so much for your reply I hope I can find my autograph and photo.
It would be great to have a miami twice reunion for the convention one day.
Thankyou again
Rachel
This episode is called “Miami Twice” and nothing else. It is NOT called “Oh to Be in England”. Nowhere during the episode does this sub-title appear.
There was an episode of The Darling Buds of May that was broadcast on the same day as Miami Twice called “Oh to Be in England” and this is where there is confusion.
Please remove the sub-title “Oh to Be in England”.
As much as we appreciate fans correcting us and we can make mistakes, it would be worth checking your facts.
The Miami Twice episodes were shown over 2 nights originally 24 December 1991 and 25 December 1991
According to tv listings and to all reputable web sites the episodes were known as
“Only Fools and Horses….” Miami Twice: ‘The American Dream’
and
“Only Fools and Horses….” Miami Twice: Oh to Be in England
references including http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0666562/
You may find the DVD combines the 2 episodes and edits them into one and thats whats coursing your confusion, but as far as we stand these were 2 episodes
Yes, I am aware they were originally two episodes. I was watching them at the time.
You are sourcing IMDb, but IMDb is incorrect. The confusions stems from the fact that the Radio Times incorrectly sub-titled Miami Twice as “Oh to Be in England”.
Ask yourself, where during the episode on film does this sub-title appear? The answer is never.
The episodes are as one part on the US release, but it does give the name as both episodes on the case,
Miami Twice Part One: “The American Dream”
and
Miami Twice Part Two: “Oh to Be in England”
Scans can be provided if you wish.
Thanks, Ronnie.
Ronnie, do you understand that a Radio Times mix-up spread like wildfire but is not actually correct?
Why do you believe a label on some DVD produced by some BBC monkey fiddling around with Photoshop over what actually appears on the actual episode?
I have to say Mr Accurate that you may be taking this a little too far?
This website is owned by Only Fools and Horses megafans and you contest the name of an episode!
Taking on a hard job there!
Admin, your definetly correct there!
“Well Thank you kind sir”
Vicky’s Quote from A Royal Flush
Actually, that quote is from ‘Tea for Three’, the hang-gliding one. Lisa says it.
Reply to comment regarding the mafia breaking into Del & Rodney’s camper van: There was a scene in the original broadcast that has been cut from the DVD & VHS, where the group introduce themselves in the club and Del and Rodney tell them about their camper van, at which point one of the guys whispers to Lurch, and he leaves the club to rob the van.
If you’re in the UK, watch Miami Twice part 2 the next time it’s on. The scene should be there.