Guesting as the Soldier, Jeffrey Holland had recently appeared on-stage with the cast in the "Dad's Army" stageshow which toured the UK over 1976.
This episode along with every subsequent episode were broadcast posthumously following the death of Edward Sinclair (the Verger), speaking of his death Arthur Lowe said their would be no more dads army, affectionately believing the show couldn't continue without the loss of another regular, he was unaware however that season 9 was always planned to be the final season.