This was the final episode to feature the original arrangement of the theme music.
Final appearances of DI Roy Galloway (John Salthouse - 35 episodes), Inspector Brian Kite, (Simon Slater - 13 episodes) and PC Nick Shaw, (Chris Walker - 19 episodes). Their departures were never explained.
This was the final episode in the original one-hour format. The show would return the following year as a twice-weekly half-hourly show, broadcast all year round. The show would return to the one-hour format 11 years later.
Although this was the final appearance of Simon Slater as Inspector Kite, he would make one further appearance in the show in 2007 in an episode called Blood Money (9th May 2007, Series 23 episode 32) playing a different character. No actors from his time as a regular on the show appeared in that episode.
This edition was 6th in the charts with 15.2 million viewers.