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1. #001

   James Bolam (Jack) and Susan Jameson (Esther) are married in real life.

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2. #002

   Creator Roy Mitchell, a lifelong West Bromwich Albion supporter, gave the main characters the surnames Halford, Lane and Standing. "Halfords Lane Standing" was once printed on tickets for West Bromwich Albion matches (before all-seater stadiums) for spectators in the Halfords Lane Stand.

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3. #003

   Alun Armstrong's character Brian Lane was written out at the start of the tenth series. In an interview, Armstrong admitted he was glad the character was not killed off.

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4. #004

   Series One and Two initially carried no titles; titles were later given to them for clarification purposes for digital repeats and the DVD release.

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5. #005

   Episodes were heavily and badly edited for certain streaming services. Check the running time to see how much you are missing. Most episodes are missing around 10 minutes, meaning entire characters and subplots were removed, which will be confusing when you watch later episodes that refer to the edited material. As of 2025, iPlayer is the only place where all episodes are available.

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6. #006

   The scars on Amanda Redman's arm are from an accident she had at 18 months old. She fell onto boiling soup, suffering serious burns over much of her body. She has always been very open about the accident and the scars.

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7. #007

   After long-time stars James Bolam, Alun Armstrong and Amanda Redman left in 2012/13, leaving Dennis Waterman as the last original star, the show's popularity declined and the BBC decided to cancel it in 2015. Waterman had publicly voiced his unhappiness at the loss of his original co-stars as well as the scripts of later series, which he saw as poor quality, and had already decided to leave the show before the decision to quit. The cancellation was made by the BBC.

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8. #008

   A ten-episode series was filmed between November and June, with the production schedule pushed back to Christmas. A block of two episodes was filmed together, and blocks were separated by a week in which the cast took part in a script read-through for the next two-episode block.

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9. #009

   Dennis Waterman said that, just as George Cole had done with Minder (1979), he would have wanted his friend and The Sweeney (1975) co-star John Thaw to appear as a guest star on the show if Thaw were still alive.

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