During shooting the intended script, Pat Roach (Bomber), broke his foot doing a stunt. This had to be written in to the script, and therefore features a pile of bricks landing on his foot.
Hedley is offended at being branded a Geordie, retorting that he is from Darlington. Despite this, the actor playing him, Des Young, did so with a pure Newcastle accent, not the softer Darlington one.
The ending theme song in this episode was a slightly different arrangement of That's Livin' Alright.