In explaining the early days of the Sanatorium, a scene from a meeting of the Okehampton Board of Guardians is accurately re-created from newspaper archives and the actual minutes of the meeting, which are now held in the Exeter Records Office.
The meeting was originally held in the Okehampton workhouse, which was demolished in 2008
The scene for the film was shot in the Guildhall, Totnes, Devon, UK.