The character Peter Linehan, head of News and Current Affairs at the BBC, is named for Graham Linehan, who appears in this episode.
Title reference: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
In the past, repeats of this episode on the digital channel UK Gold would sometimes bleep out the word "spastic" (due to its political incorrectness), when Alan shouts "No way, you big spastic! You're a mentalist!" at Jed in the final scene.
Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews: As RTÉ executives. The pair created Father Ted (1995) and are better known as comedy writers.