In the camera script, the title is given as "A Party at Which a Woman was Bought" (and not "The Auction"). The episode was recorded on VT (VT/6T/30377) AND on 16mm film recording (16/6ENT/30377). Most episodes were videorecorded from the BBC Riverside Studio R1, except for this episode, E2, which was recorded from the BBC Television Centre studio TC1.