Rather than rent it for a day, George Fenton and the director furtively recorded the tubular bell used on the film's soundtrack in a Camden music shop.
To play Ken Hutchison's neighbor Elaine Stritch wanted £4,000 for a day's filming. Graham Crowden did it instead for £300.
Was shown theatrically as a short before the main feature attraction in UK/Eire cinemas in 1981/82.