Gabriella Pession and Richard Flood first met on this show. After it ended, they got engaged, had a baby boy and then were married.
This first season was largely filmed in Paris, Nice and Prague.
A European co-production, this premiered at the 53rd Festival de Television de Monte Carlo, the first time a television series had opened the festival.
The pilot two-parter aired on the same night and attracted a series high of 4.37 million viewers.