This special marked the end of an era for the show, both in front of and behind the cameras. Ray Butt, who had been the show's producer since it started in 1981, decided to leave the BBC shortly after filming was complete. The day before he left, Butt told John Sullivan that he should seriously consider letting the show end with this episode; Butt felt that the show had run its course, and pointed to the disastrous reception of the previous year's Christmas special, "A Royal Flush (1986)", as proof of his point. Sullivan gave thought to Butt's words, but after this special received a much more positive reception than the previous one had done, he decided to continue Only Fools and Horses. However, Sullivan shared Butt's concerns that the show's format was starting to become stale, and so starting with the next Christmas special, "Dates (1988)", the show would maintain a balance between Del's get-rich-quick schemes and the personal lives of the Trotter Family.
The final scene gives the impression that the church is on the coast. However, the actual church used, St Mary's, is in the village of Hemlingham, Suffolk which is 20 miles inland.
Member of the public Chris Baker was paid £200 for the use of his Ford Cortina Mark II in this episode. Despite two days filming he was only featured in the show for 'a few seconds'.
The Rajah computers that Del is trying to sell are the same brand of computers that he was trying to flog in the previous year's episode From Prussia With Love and which are also seen hanging about the Trotter flat in the following episode The Miracle Of Peckham.
The point where episodes of the show moved from 30 minutes in length to a much longer format.