John Cleese did not learn to drive until a year after this episode was broadcast. A double was needed to drive the car.
Elizabeth Benson, who plays Mrs. Heath, would go on to appear in the second series as Mrs. White in The Kipper and the Corpse (1979).
A 1999 poll for NatWest car insurance voted the scene in this episode where Basil attacks his car with a tree branch as "most momentous motoring moment".
Tony Page, who played the obnoxious child complaining about the chips that were the "wrong shape," went on to become a chef.
Tony Page noted in an interview years later that he was surprised to hear Andrew Sachs talk in his natural "posh" voice while not playing Manuel.