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The creator, Jimmy Nail also writes, produces and stars in the title role in this series. He also sings all the songs featured in the show.
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Halfway through the shoot director Malcolm Mowbray left and Jimmy Nail had to take over directing duties until he found a new director.
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Halfway through the shoot Jimmy Nail and James Wilby fell out and Nail decided to pull the plug on the show only to be persuaded by Wilby not to.
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Crocodile Shoes I gave Jimmy Nail three top 40 hits, these songs were Crocodile Shoes, Calling Out Your Name and Cowboy Dreams. Crocodile Shoes II gave Nail another top 40 single, Country Boy.
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Jimmy Nail writes all the songs featured in the show except for Crocodile Shoes, Cowboy Dreams, Love Will Find Someone For You and Dragons.
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Crocodile Shoes I and II gave Jimmy Nail four top 40 hits, there were Crocodile Shoes, Country Boy, Cowboy Dreams and Calling Out Your Name. Interestingly they all begin with the letter C.
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Paddy McAloon wrote the songs Cowboy Dreams, Love Will Find Someone For You, Dragons and Blue Roses for the show.
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Jimmy Nail co-wrote Crocodile Shoes II with Nick Mead.
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Although Jimmy Nail cashed in on the fame from the ''Crocodile Shoes'' song, the actual writer of the song was Nail's friend, Tony McAnaney who wrote it back in 1995.
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The script was originally written in 1989 by Jimmy Nail but fellow writer Ian La Frenais told him the script wasn't good enough. So in 1993 after cancelling ''Spender'' Nail wrote his corrections and improvements and showed them to the head of BBC at the time.
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The script was originally written in 1989 by Jimmy Nail but fellow writer Ian La Frenais told him the script wasn't good enough. So in 1993 after cancelling ''Spender'' Nail wrote his corrections and improvements and showed them to the head of BBC at the time.
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Jimmy Nail was neither happy or dissapointed about the finished product of Crocodile Shoes II.
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Although they were released on the complete soundtrack of the show on CD, the songs Bitter And Twisted and Angel don't feature in the show.
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In Crocodile Shoes I, Bobby was played by Mike Elliott but in Crocodile Shoes II he is played by another actor, the reasons for this are unknown.
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The main character, Jed Shepperd, is based on a friend of Jimmy Nail's.
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Against everyone on the crew's wishes Jimmy Nail cast James Wilby as Ade Lynn. The pair later fell out and only spoke on camera.
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After completing the Crocodile Shoes II soundtrack Jimmy Nail flew back to America where he was filming Evita with Madonna, she was the first person, except for Nail, to hear the finished mix.
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Many actors who starred and guest-starred in Crocodile Shoes had previously appeared in Jimmy Nail's previous project, Spender. They are; Jimmy Nail (Jed Shepperd) plays Spender, Sammy Johnson (Archie Pate) plays Stick , Berwick Kaler (George) plays Dan Boyd, Robert Morgan (Warren Bolwes) plays Andrew Hedley, Norah Fulton (George's Wife) plays Old Lady/Peggy, B.J. Hogg (Sid Flynn) plays Iain Rutherford, Mike Elliot (Bobby) plays Palmer, Thomas O. Jones (Dermot Hall) plays Tommy Balmer, Brendan P. Healy (Big Peter) plays Eric, Trevor Fox (Tony) plays Plain Clothes/Car Hire Attendant, Christopher Fairbank (Alan Clarke) plays Tom Phelan, Melanie Hill (Emma Shepperd) plays Sue Styles, John Bowler (Pep) plays Vourne, Jeffrey Knox (Omo) plays Rowler and Paul Palance (Big Chrissy) plays Bryson.
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