During Karen Travers' trial in Episode #1.25 (1979), the events of this opening edition are actually dated to September 1978.
Recycled cast members: Will Deumer appears here as a doctor but would notably appear later in the series' run as crime lord Lionel Fellowes.
When Meg talks to Karen Travers about Mum, in the next scene Lynn is seen in the garden like she just talked with Meg.