* CreatorBacklash: Author M.C.Beaton was not fond of the TV adaptation for the liberties it took, in particular the handling of Hamish himself, giving him darker undertones, and having him played by Robert Carlyle, who she considered talented but miscast. She claimed to have a difficult time with the production, believing they hated the original material and snubbed her financially. This bad history almost led to the ''Series/AgathaRaisin'' TV series not being approved for production.
* PlayingAgainstType: A retroactive example, but since he since rose to prominence as Begbie in ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'' (which was released not long after the show began) Creator/RobertCarlyle tends to be cast either as the ViolentGlaswegian or as a rather morally ambiguous or outright villainous type. Which makes a lazy but fundamentally kind-hearted rural small-town Scottish policeman something of a departure.