Rod Culbertson (Ronnie Grigg) later appeared with Dennis Waterman in The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982)
The following actors from this episode previously appeared with John Thaw in Redcap (1964). John Lyons (Det. Sgt. Jim Huke) appeared in The Pride of the Regiment (1966). And Colin Rix (Letts) appeared in The Orderly Officer (1964)
The following actors from this episode later appeared with John Thaw in Inspector Morse (1987). Norman Jones (Det. Insp. Perraut) appeared in The Dead of Jericho (1987) and Service of All the Dead (1987). And Brian Poyser (Ash) appeared in The Secret of Bay 5B (1989)
Ellis Dale (Bank Manager) later appeared with Dennis Waterman in Caught in the Act, Fact (1980) and Give Us This Day Arthur Daley's Bread (1985)
This edition was 2nd in the charts with an audience of 8.75 million under the JICTAR Ratings System.