Aired after season 3 in the US but aired before season 3 in the UK.
Tina Turner appears as a guest and shortly after the release of this episode, Max presented the introduction to her 1986 concert special, "Tina!".
Merry Christmas, Santa Claus (You're a lovely guy), sung by Max in this episode was released as a single but ended up selling poorly due to it's release late into Christmas 1986. The B-side to this single was Gimme Shades, which was Max in a duet with himself about his love of sunglasses and also was performed in this episode. Both songs were written by Paul Owen and David Hansen who principally wrote Max's dialogue throughout virtually every iteration of his character.
Aired in the US under the title, "The Max Headroom Christmas Special".
During his interview with Bob Geldof, Max refers to Paranoimia by Art of Noise, which he featured on earlier that year.