Trivia / New Tricks

• Creator Couple: James Bolam and Susan Jameson, although not married to each other in the show, have been married to each other for over 35 years, playing husband and wife in When the Boat Comes In.
• "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Dennis Waterman performed the theme song, "It's Alright, It's Okay". The British release of the first season DVD contains Waterman's cover version of "End of the Line" by The Traveling Wilburys at the end of the pilot episode.
• Edited for Syndication: Some broadcasts of the episodes - including the ones available on UKTV Play - were cut down for time, losing subplots and character scenes. The streaming-service version of "The Queen's Speech" cuts out a sequence that featured playing a (plot-relevant!) 12-inch remix of Wham!'s "Club Tropicana", presumably because the music rights were not available.
• Playing Against Type: Several examples over the years.
  • Tim McInnerny, known for playing foppish or pathetic characters on Blackadder and an inept villain on Doctor Who, played the sinister MI5 agent Stephen Fisher in Series 9.
  • Richard Briers, known for playing the pleasant Tom Good in The Good Life, played a villain in "Old Dogs".
• Real-Life Relative: Gerry's illegitimate and heretofore unknown daughter is played by Hannah Waterman, Dennis Waterman's real daughter. Paternity tests prove that she's not his, but he refuses to tell her. She finds out.
• Recast as a Regular: Tamzin Outhwaite was cast as DCI Sasha Miller after appearing in an earlier episode, "Love Means Nothing In Tennis", as Victoria Kemp. Who was that episode's murderer, so probably slightly more memorable to the audience than usual...

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