I love auf pet and watched it many times. I'm just watching it now, 'hasta la vista' episode and theirs a few scenes where we see Wayne, then next minute hes nowhere to be seen! The one in the Portland where their playing snooker. Now I've just noticed the scene in the club where moxey has a scuffle with Martin, hes their dancing with Oz, then next minute hes disappeared! I wonder what was Wayne's last ever scene he was in??? Anyone know?
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The story is they'd completed all the outdoor scenes in Spain and returned to Britain to do the interior scenes but Holton died during that time so many scenes are missing him.
I'll admit, when I saw the series originally, I didn't notice his absence. That's probably because there were enough outdoor scenes to make it appear that he was there to the very end. Indeed the final boat chase scene has him in it.
If memory serves, they only used a stand-in for one scene: in the bar in Spain where Wayne is chatting-up Vicki and Bomber picks him up bodily and takes him outside. You never see Wayne's face.
A few interior scenes featuring the rest of the lads have references to Wayne's antics off-screen. These are obviously scenes he should have been part of. Such references are a bit awkward and don't really add much. I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time.
I think the director and editor did a very good job with what they had. I've seen Pet 10-15 times over the years and it's not really noticeable. It certainly doesn't detract from the continuity of the show.
The final episode opens with a still shot of Gary Holton and a voice-over by Tim Healey dedicating that episode to Holton.
apparently the snooker scene in the Portland was the last scene filmed by Gary Holton
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