First appearance of Justin James, played by Mark Farmer. He appeared in 5 episodes. The last one being The Wrong Goodbye (1989)
The following actors from this episode previously appeared with Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney (1975). Alan Hunter (Steve Benson) appeared in Bait (1978). Derek Martin (Cedric) appeared in Messenger of the Gods (1978). And Helen Keating (Mrs James) also appeared in 'Messenger of the Gods'.
James Marcus (Phil) previously appeared in Caught in the Act, Fact (1980) as Bertie and later appeared in It's a Sorry Lorry Morrie (1989) as Morrie. Derek Martin (Cedric) previously appeared in The Bounty Hunter (1979) as Fenton's Heavy-uncredited. David Beale (Theo Warren) later appeared in Minder on the Orient Express (1985) as Car Customer. And Jessica Coyle (Scots Fan) later appeared in The Great Depression of 1994 (1994) as Bernie.