First of the five different characters (including Santa Claus, King Henry VIII and a giant) played by Ronald Long in the series.
The surname 'McTavish' or 'MacTavish' originated from the Gaelic 'Mac Tamhais', which is in turn derived from the Scots form of the personal name Thomas.
Reginald Owen, who plays Ocky, is bothered by a ghost. He has experience with this role, having played Ebenezer Scrooge thirty years earlier in A Christmas Carol (1938).
Castle McTavish is from stock footage of Sherwood Castle in the 1950 film, "Rogues of Sherwood Forest."