The first of two appearances by Nick Fletcher as DS John Cotton. He appears again in The Dogleg Murders (2009).
When Jamie's phone rings in the pub at the start of the programme, the ringtone is the theme of Parkinson, a long-running chat show here in the UK. The final episode was screened on December 22 1997 just before the first episode of the 11th series of Midsomer Murders was screened.
Anthony Farrelly plays an uncredited police officer in this episode and appears in 18 episodes as either an officer or a CID officer.
Jones has a different car in this episode. He has a Ford Mondeo (AD57GXY) which was first registered in January 2008 so, for once, he has a newer car than Tom.
Tim Pigott-Smith and Judy Parfitt are son-in-law and mother-in-law in this episode of "Midsomer Murders." They also played son-in-law and mother-in-law in the mini-series The Jewel in the Crown (1984).