This episode was transmitted 8:10pm to 9:05pm on BBC 2. The series was transmitted under the banner title of Drama Two.
This episode correctly predicted that British parliamentary debates would be televised by 1990. The first televised speech in the House of Commons was made by Ian Gow, the Conservative MP for Eastbourne, on November 21, 1989. Gow had previously been opposed to parliamentary proceedings being shown on television.
In 1990, the United Kingdom has a king.