In Nanarchy (#7.8) Kochanski has dark brown hair. But in the following show Back in the Red - Part 1 (#8.1) which continues on from the end of Nanarchy, Kochanski has blonde hair. Doug Naylor decided to let Chloe Annett keep her natural hair color instead of dying her hair dark brown again.
Mark Williams and Robert Bathurst were asked to reprise their roles from the first series. But Williams was unavailable due to his work on The Fast Show (1994) and Bathurst was unavailable due to his work on Cold Feet (1997).
This was originally planned as an hour-long episode. But when the episode ran over time it was decided to add more scenes and make it into a three-parter.
When McClaren interviews Kryten, Kryten tells McClaren that he had been created in the year 2340. This was established in Red Dwarf: Terrorform (1992). On the top right hand corner of Kryten's visual view in Kryten's eyes is the copyright logo followed by the caption: Divadroid Int. 2340.
Lister's impression of a monkey having sex when he talks to Rimmer about Yvonne McGruder in the opening scene was unscripted and was improvised by Craig Charles in rehearsals.