Ben Bolt, who had directed every episode for the first four to five seasons, wrote this episode's story.
The director of this and several other episodes, Nigel Cole, directed the film Saving Grace in which this series was inspired. Cole wound up replacing the show's original primary director, Ben Bolt.
Rosie Ede plays Mel Hendy in this episode, as she does in four others. Back in episode 2.2, In Loco (2005), she played a character named Mrs Paris.