This was the only television appearance of Auf Wiedersehen Pet characters between 1986 and 2002.
This special was made as the world hit its peak in AIDS awareness in the mid-'80s and a massive education campaign was launched by the government to make the public aware of this global killer.
Apart from the regular series and the Educating Oz, there was also a special short episode made in 2003 for Comic Relief starring Tim Healy, Kevin Whately, Jimmy Nail and Christopher Fairbank. Three sketches were also acted out on stage in 2000 as part of a charity concert in Newcastle, which starred Tim Healy, Kevin Whately and Jimmy Nail and depicted the events that preceded occurred before, after and between the first two series.