After 28 minutes and 28 seconds, a female naked model appears several times during the following 1 minute 15 seconds. Parts of this scene were removed from daytime repeat showings. Despite some risque scripts, this was only the second time a topless woman had appeared in the show.
This episode was first shown in the UK as the third episode of series 12 after the actual episode 3 Secrets and Spies (2009). Although each episode is an individual story-line, it can be noticed that after being promoted to a plain-clothes Detective Constable in "Secrets and Spies" shown on ITV the week before, WPC Stephens, played by Kirsty Dillon, in this episode she is back in regular police uniform again.
David Bamber (Anthony Prideaux) and Susannah Harker (Matilda Simms) appeared together in Pride and Prejudice (1995), the television mini-series, as Mr. Collins and Jane Bennett, respectively.
Sarah Badel plays Patricia Blackshaw in this episode. She previously played the role of Rosa Carmichael in episode 1.3, Death of a Hollow Man (1998).
David Bamber, who plays Anthony Prideaux, first appeared in Dead Letters (2006) as John Starkey and later appears in A Dying Art (2016) as Daniel Fargo.