Filmed in the village of Biddestone, Wiltshire.
On Agatha's leaving card, before the card fades in the bottom right corner there's a message that reads 'Dear Agatha, loved you in Ugly Betty' Ashley Jensen, who plays Agatha, starred in Ugly Betty.
All the children in the fête scene are local children from the village where filming took place.
Hermione Norris and Robert Bathurst also played husband and wife in the television series Cold Feet (1997).
In the book Bill Wong is described as looking like a round Buddha.