History ShoutOut / TheSopranosWarner

* There's a mention of Fionnula and Manda’s “convexy belly buttons snipped into shape by [[UsefulNotes/NationalHealthService the National Health]]”.

* The brands of cigarettes smoked by the choir include B&H [[note Benson & Hedges]], Regal, Embassy, Malboro, Silk Cut and Lambert & Butler.

* Kylah takes "Wheels of Fire" by Music/Cream for the coach journey specifically because [[EpicRocking its length]] will prevent anyone else putting anything on that she doesn’t approval.

* Kylah is a fan of Music/TheCocteauTwins, particularly Elizabeth Fraser’s voice.

* FatherArdlui owns several Sensor Technology pens.

* Manda only agrees with Fionnula’s assessment of Fionnula’s assessment that Laura Graham is pretty by claiming that it’s in "a kind of Aerobics Franchise/{{Barbie}} sort of way".
* Father Ardlui mentions "[[Literature/TheBible Jacob’s Ladder]]" in his sermon, referring to a specific set of steps in Oban that lead to [=McCaig’s=] Folly.

* Sister Condron mentions that a "[[UsefulNotes/{{Wimbledon}} pre-Wimbledon passion]]" for tennis has swept through the school.

* Sister Condron mentions that a "[[UsefulNotes/Wimbledon pre-Wimbledon passion]]" for tennis has swept through the school.

* Sister Condron mentions that a "pre-UsefulNotes/Wimbledon passion" for tennis has swept through the school.

* Manda only agrees with Fionnula’s assessment of Fionnula’s assessment that Laura Graham is pretty by claiming that it’s in "a kind of Aerobics Franchise/Barbie sort of way".
* Father Ardlui mentions "Jacob’s Ladder" in his sermon, referring to a specific set of steps in Oban that lead to [=McCaig’s=] Folly.

* Sister Condron mentions that a "pre-Wimbledon passion" for tennis has swept through the school.

* Father Ardlui uses the arrival of the submarine as an opportunity to deliver a sermon about [[AsTheGoodBookSays Jonah]] that doesn’t seem to go anywhere.

* The Port has a statue of John Loudon [=McAdam=], and is described in the book as “surveyor, advocate of tarmacadam and national hero.”

* There's a mention of Fionnula and Manda’s “convexy belly buttons snipped into shape by [[UsefulNotes/NationalHealthService the National Health]]”.

!!''The Sopranos''

* There's a mention of Fionnula and Manda’s “convexy belly buttons snipped into shape by [[UsefulNotes/NationalHealthService the National Health]]”.


!!''Our Ladies''
* The Pillbox becomes a karaoke bar where the patrons perform and sing along to a few [[OopNorth Northern]] {{Soul}} or [[OopNorth Northern]]-{{Soul}}-adjacent songs:
** ''A Love Reputation'' by Denise [=LaSalle=]
** ''Would I Lie to You?'' by Charles & Eddie
** ''Tainted Love'' by Gloria Jones

!!''Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour''
* As a JukeboxMusical, the show includes several pre-existing songs:
** ''Lift Thine Eyes'' by Music/FelixMendelssohn
** ''Forth Let the Cattle Roam'', which is based on [[Music/BelaBartok Bela Bartok’s]] ''Enchanting Song''
** The elderly American tourist the girls encounter in a service station bathroom enters the stage singing ''[[Film/SongOfTheSouth Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah]]'' to himself.
** The cast performs an ACappella version of the ''Series/{{Brookside}}'' theme when Spimmy calls Kylah. In later runs of the show this changed to the classic Chicken Man theme from ''Series/GrangeHill'', even though the show had dropped that music by the nineties.
** ''My Heart is Inditing'' by Music/GeorgeFredericHandel
** ''Long Black Road'' by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra
** ''For You'' by Judie Tzuke
** ''Sweet Talkin’ Woman'' by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra
** ''Don’t Bring Me Down'' by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra
** ''O Taste and See'' by Music/RalphVaughanWilliams
** ''Shine a Little Love'' by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra
** An ''Agnus Dei'' based on ''Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007'' by Music/JohannSebastianBach
** ''Wild West Hero'' by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra
** ''No Woman, No Cry'' by Music/BobMarley. In the West End run, this was replaced by ''Many Rivers to Cross'' by Jimmy Cliff.
* The slow, nasally voice of the taxi dispatcher the girls speak to is possibly a reference to a sketch from ''Series/ChewinTheFat'' featuring a dispatcher who would drone on and on over the radio to the drivers about her disastrous love life.

!!''The Stars in the Bright Sky''
* Kylah refers to the elderly woman who hands her the condom she dropped as being "as ancient as old Rose in ''Film/Titanic1997''.

** ''No Woman, No Cry'' by Music/BobMarley. In the West End run, this was replaced by ''Many Rivers to Cross'' by Jimmy Cliff

** ''No Woman, No Cry'' by Music/BobMarley. In the West End run, this was replaced by ''Many Rivers to Cross'' by Music/JimmyCliff

As a JukeboxMusical, the show includes several pre-existing songs:
* ''Lift Thine Eyes'' by Music/FelixMendelssohn
* ''Forth Let the Cattle Roam'', which is based on [[Music/BelaBartok Bela Bartok’s]] ''Enchanting Song''
* The elderly American tourist the girls encounter in a service station bathroom enters the stage singing ''[[Film/SongOfTheSouth Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah]]'' to himself.
* The cast performs an ACappella version of the ''Series/{{Brookside}}'' theme when Spimmy calls Kylah. In later runs of the show this changed to the classic Chicken Man theme from ''Series/GrangeHill'', even though the show had dropped that music by the nineties.
* ''My Heart is Inditing'' by Music/GeorgeFredericHandel
* ''Long Black Road'' by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra
* ''For You'' by Judie Tzuke
* ''Sweet Talkin’ Woman'' by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra
* ''Don’t Bring Me Down'' by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra
* ''O Taste and See'' by Music/RalphVaughanWilliams
* ''Shine a Little Love'' by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra
* An ''Agnus Dei'' based on ''Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007'' by Music/JohannSebastianBach
* ''Wild West Hero'' by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra
* ''No Woman, No Cry'' by Music/BobMarley. In the West End run, this was replaced by ''Many Rivers to Cross'' by Music/JimmyCliff

* An ''Agnus Dei'' based on ''Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007'' by Muisc/JohannSebastianBach

* ''Lift Thine Eyes'' by Music/FelixMendelsson

* The cast performs an acapella version of the ''Series/{{Brookside}}'' theme when Spimmy calls Kylah. In later runs of the show this changed to the classic ''Series/GrangeHill'' theme, even though the show had dropped that music by the nineties.

* The statue of the Virgin Mary fixed to the roof of the school was originally placed their by a Westland helicopter, a real helicopter manufacturer that was implicated in a scandal with the Conservative government about ten years prior to the publication of the book.

* Fionnula mentions UsefulNotes/NATO when the girls are discussing the submarine in the harbour.

* The cast performs an acapella version of the ''Series/{{Brookside}}'' theme when Spimmy calls Kylah. In later runs of the show this changed to the classic ''Series/GrangeHill'' theme, even though the show had dropped that music by nineties.

* The cast performs an acapella version of the ''Series/{{Brookside}}'' theme when Spimmy calls Kylah.

* The statue of the Virgin Mary fixed to the roof of the school was originally placed their by a Westland helicopter,

* The Pillbox becomes a karaoke bar where the patrons perform and sing along to a few {{Soul}} or [[OopNorth Northern]]-{{Soul}}-adjacent songs:

* The Port has a statue of John Loudon McAdam, and is described in the book as “surveyor, advocate of tarmacadam and national hero.”

* Kylah refers to the elderly woman who hands her the condom she dropped as being "as ancient as old Rose in ''Film/{{Titanic}}''.

** ''A Love Reputation'' by Denise LaSalle