In his 1986 autobiography "A Clown Too Many", Les Dawson revealed that he was regularly slipping into depression during recording his second batch of twelve episodes after "a short break" from recording the first twelve. His first wife was seriously ill, and the pressures of recording two episodes a day every Saturday was wearing him out. He noted that "the fatigue was becoming apparent in my work".
None of the series eight episodes made the BBC's top ten in the ratings.
It's not entirely clear if Les's mispronouncing of Des Lynam's last name as "Lineman" is a deliberate joke or unintended, but it wasn't something Lynam found amusing, with him referencing it several times throughout the episode.
In his 2005 autobiography "I should have been at work!", Lynam stated: "'It must be difficult for you,' I said. 'After all, there are two syllables in each word.' The producers cut my remark out of the finished programme. My son Patrick, who was only about ten years old at the time, had come to the recording, and he got it absolutely right afterwards. 'That was embarrassing. Dad,' he'd said."
In his 2005 autobiography "I should have been at work!", Lynam stated: "'It must be difficult for you,' I said. 'After all, there are two syllables in each word.' The producers cut my remark out of the finished programme. My son Patrick, who was only about ten years old at the time, had come to the recording, and he got it absolutely right afterwards. 'That was embarrassing. Dad,' he'd said."
Les does several impressions in this episode that can't be referenced as "Movie Connections" as they don't refer to specific films or television shows. Examples include impressions of Bob Monkhouse and James Cagney.