History Recap / TheBrittasEmpireS4E8HighNoon

* TriumphantReprise: A more triumphant version of the music that the sparking clock played plays when Brittas is shown to have both gotten out of the centre and to have saved the remaining missing girls.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: Ben has a knife with him at all times.

* JobMindsetInertia: Despite no longer working at the leisure centre, Brittas still wears his usual uniform and gives orders to his former employees. Even Helen briefly gets into it, as she calls the Manager’s Office, now under the ownership of Alan's, as Brittas’ office.

* DistantReactionShot: After the faulty close sparks against the gas leak, it cuts to Alan leaving the George Hotel, with a large explosion coming from the leisure centre appearing in the background.

* JobMindsetInertia: Despite no longer working at the leisure centre, Brittas still wears his uniform and gives orders to his former employees. Even Helen briefly gets into it, as she calls the Manager’s Office, now under Alan, as Brittas’ office.

* SceneryGorn: The show gives us a good long pan shot of the centre in ruins once it blows up.

* {{Sucksessor}}: It's implied that whilst Brittas seems to be content with allowing Alan to run the centre, he isn't appreciative of his slobby off-handed nature, and is seen trying to provide tips to the guy as the episode goes on. Colin feels the same way himself, not enjoying the more fast-paced nature of the centre under Alan and feeling disappointed that the class he was running was cancelled under him.

* SuperiorSuccessor: Most of the staff are pleased with Alan as his way of running things has actually led to money and customers coming into the centre. It isn't until Alan goes into to the pub to get cigarettes and the staff are left to deal with a gas leak that issues arise.

* DistantReactionShot: The actual explosion of the centre is shown as Digby witnessing it from his location at the George Hotel.

* {{Sucksessor}}: Implied to be how Brittas views Digby, due to his more apathetic and slobby nature. Colin views him as this himself.
* SuperiorSuccessor: How the staff view Alan Digby, since his reign has actually led to people coming to the centre.

* TrashOfTheTitans: Alan Digby, in contrast to Brittas, isn't good with keeping his manager's office clean, with unfinished food strewn about everywhere.
* TrashTheSet: Seeing as this episode revolved around the leisure centre blowing up several sets get destroyed, specifically the hallway where Brittas gets trapped. The centre would be rebuilt in "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E1TheOldOldStory The Old, Old Story]]" at the start of the fifth series, although with some minor alterations made to the set.

* {{Foil}}: OneShotCharacter Alan Digby is this to Brittas. Whilst both were the leisure centre manager of Whitbury, Digby was slovenly and fairly hands-off with the role, in contrast to Brittas' more tidy and by-the-books personality. Fittingly, although they don't interact much, they do get on each other's nerves, with Digby eventually kicking Brittas out of the centre and Brittas trying to make improvements to Digby's ways of running the centre.

* BookEnds: Both this episode and [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS4E1NotAGoodDay the first episode of Series 4]] has Ben wandering around the ventilation system and causing issues, although this time, it allows him to become a KidHero.

* ContinuityNod: Linda briefly mentions Brittas' hatred of smoking, as previously seen in "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS2E6SafetyFirst Safety First]]".
* CuckooClockGag: Brittas' gift to his former staff is a novelty clock inspired by the opera "Anvil Chorus" where on the hour, two figures come out and hit a mini anvil whilst the song plays. It also has a tendency to spark when this happens, leading to a comically shocked reaction from Brittas. It also proves to be a ChekhovsGun when it sparks near a gas leak in the centre, causing it to blow up.

* TheAllegedBoss: Digby is fairly apathetic and just lets the others do their work. He evens leaves his job to pop off to the pub for a few minutes, which proves to be his undoing once the centre explodes.

* {{Foil}}: OneShotCharacter Alan Digby is this to Brittas. Whilst both were the leisure centre manager of Whitbury, Digby was slovenly and fairly hands-off with the role, in contrast to Brittas' more tidy and by-the-books personality.

** The tune that the sparking clock plays is specifically "Anvil Chorus".
* StockEpisodeTitles: "High Noon" has been used in several other series such as ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'', ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', ''Series/{{Dallas}}'', ''Series/DesigningWomen'' and ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}''.

-->'''Helen''': (to Janine) I know I'm his wife and I'm probably not supposed to say this, but...look at it. He's really done it this time.

* OneShotCharacter: Alan Digby.

->'''Tanker Driver''': What is going on here?

-->'''Laura''': Helen, how is he in and of himself?
-->'''Helen''': It's awful, Laura. It's broken his heart leaving here. It's like living with Greyfriars Bobby.

* ProductPlacement: Alan Digby watches the centre explode from outside the George Hotel.

-->'''Laura''': Helen, how is he by himself?

-->'''Laura''': Well it meant a lot to him.