The title is a pun of the 1952 play 'Waiting for Godot'.
Ronald Fraser (Albert Goddard) later appeared in It's a Sorry Lorry Morrie (1989) as Self-Inflicted Sid. Kenneth Cope (Scooter) previously appeared in Bury My Half at Waltham Green (1979) as Albert Stubbs and later appeared in Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley (1994) as Phelan. Donald Douglas (Mr Prosser) previously appeared in A Nice Little Wine (1980) as Scots Winetaster. And Dimitri Andreas (Georgie) previously appeared in Aces High and Sometimes Very Low (1979) as Zardinidis and later appeared in A Bouquet of Barbed Wine (1991) as Artemis.
Mel Martin (Caroline Selby) later appeared with George Cole in all 7 episodes of An Independent Man (1995)