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* ShoutOut: Mr. Birling is named after a character from ''Theatre/AnInspectorCalls'' (see OrphanedReference.)
** Dead passenger Mr. Leeman and Dr. Price in "Boston" are named for the characters in ''Series/FawltyTowers'', where the staff also have to conceal a body.
** Martin and Douglas make a bet on whether cheesecake or strudel is more popular amongst the passengers, which John Finnemore has confirmed is reference to a similar bet in ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls''.
* ThemeTune: The Overture from ''Ruslan and Lyudmila'' by Mikhail Glinka.
** Dead passenger Mr. Leeman and Dr. Price in "Boston" are named for the characters in ''Series/FawltyTowers'', where the staff also have to conceal a body.
** Martin and Douglas make a bet on whether cheesecake or strudel is more popular amongst the passengers, which John Finnemore has confirmed is reference to a similar bet in ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls''.
* ThemeTune: The Overture from ''Ruslan and Lyudmila'' by Mikhail Glinka.
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* ShoutOut: Mr. Birling is named after a character from ''Theatre/AnInspectorCalls'' (see OrphanedReference.)
** Dead passenger Mr. Leeman and Dr. Price in "Boston" are named for the characters in ''Series/FawltyTowers'', where the staff also have to conceal a body.
** Martin and Douglas make a bet on whether cheesecake or strudel is more popular amongst the passengers, which John Finnemore has confirmed is reference to a similar bet in ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls''.
* ThemeTune:RealSongThemeTune: The Overture from ''Ruslan and Lyudmila'' by Mikhail Glinka.
** Dead passenger Mr. Leeman and Dr. Price in "Boston" are named for the characters in ''Series/FawltyTowers'', where the staff also have to conceal a body.
** Martin and Douglas make a bet on whether cheesecake or strudel is more popular amongst the passengers, which John Finnemore has confirmed is reference to a similar bet in ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls''.
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* ShoutOut: Mr. Birling is named after a character from Theatre/AnInspectorCalls (see OrphanedReference.)
** Dead passenger Mr. Leeman and Dr. Price in "Boston" are named for the characters in Series/FawltyTowers, where the staff also have to conceal a body.
** Martin and Douglas make a bet on whether cheesecake or strudel is more popular amongst the passengers, which John Finnemore has confirmed is reference to a similar bet in Theatre/GuysAndDolls.
** Dead passenger Mr. Leeman and Dr. Price in "Boston" are named for the characters in Series/FawltyTowers, where the staff also have to conceal a body.
** Martin and Douglas make a bet on whether cheesecake or strudel is more popular amongst the passengers, which John Finnemore has confirmed is reference to a similar bet in Theatre/GuysAndDolls.
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* ShoutOut: Mr. Birling is named after a character from Theatre/AnInspectorCalls ''Theatre/AnInspectorCalls'' (see OrphanedReference.)
** Dead passenger Mr. Leeman and Dr. Price in "Boston" are named for the characters inSeries/FawltyTowers, ''Series/FawltyTowers'', where the staff also have to conceal a body.
** Martin and Douglas make a bet on whether cheesecake or strudel is more popular amongst the passengers, which John Finnemore has confirmed is reference to a similar bet inTheatre/GuysAndDolls.''Theatre/GuysAndDolls''.
** Dead passenger Mr. Leeman and Dr. Price in "Boston" are named for the characters in
** Martin and Douglas make a bet on whether cheesecake or strudel is more popular amongst the passengers, which John Finnemore has confirmed is reference to a similar bet in
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** John Finnemore has said that had he known the show would definitely continue past its first series, he might have held back the revelations of what "MJN" stands for and Douglas' teetotalism rather than having them both in "Fitton", as he believes they could have had greater impact coming further down the line.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original intention was that Herc would end up betraying Carolyn at some point in Series 4, but plans changed when John Finnemore saw how well Anthony Head and Stephanie Cole worked together.
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** Carolyn had originally been intended to be more of a supporting role, with Douglas and Martin as the leads, with Finnemore describing the cast structure as similar to ''Series/FatherTed''. When Stephanie Cole was cast as Carolyn, she became part of the main cast because "if you’ve got Stephanie Cole in your sitcom, you don’t just get her to do walk on".
** The original intention was that Herc would end up betraying Carolyn at some point in Series 4, but plans changed when John Finnemore saw how well Anthony Head and Stephanie Cole worked together.
** Carolyn had originally been intended to be more of a supporting role, with Douglas and Martin as the leads, with Finnemore describing the cast structure as similar to ''Series/FatherTed''. When Stephanie Cole was cast as Carolyn, she became part of the main cast because "if you’ve got Stephanie Cole in your sitcom, you don’t just get her to do walk on".
** The original intention was that Herc would end up betraying Carolyn at some point in Series 4, but plans changed when John Finnemore saw how well Anthony Head and Stephanie Cole worked together.
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* FakeNationality: English actors Timothy West and Matilda Ziegler as [[FakeAustralian Gordon Shappey, from Australia]], and Princess Theresa from Liechtenstein, respectively.
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* FakeNationality: English actors Timothy West and Matilda Ziegler as [[FakeAustralian Gordon Shappey, from Australia]], and Princess Theresa from Liechtenstein, respectively. Ziegler also has a brief role as an American paramedic in "Boston".
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* ShoutOut: Mr. Birling is named after a character from Theatre/AnInspectorCalls (see OrphanedReference.)
** Dead passenger Mr. Leeman and Dr. Price in "Boston" are named for the characters in Series/FawltyTowers, where the staff also have to conceal a body.
** Martin and Douglas make a bet on whether cheesecake or strudel is more popular amongst the passengers, which John Finnemore has confirmed is reference to a similar bet in Theatre/GuysAndDolls.
** Dead passenger Mr. Leeman and Dr. Price in "Boston" are named for the characters in Series/FawltyTowers, where the staff also have to conceal a body.
** Martin and Douglas make a bet on whether cheesecake or strudel is more popular amongst the passengers, which John Finnemore has confirmed is reference to a similar bet in Theatre/GuysAndDolls.
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* FakeNationality: English actors Timothy West and Matilda Ziegler as [[FakeAustralian Gordon Shappey, from Australia]], and Princess Theresa from Liechtenstein, respectively.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original intention was that Herc would end up betraying Carolyn at some point in Series 4, but plans changed when John Finnemore saw how well Anthony Head and Stephanie Cole worked together.
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* OrphanedReference: Many of the characters' names are allusions or references to something. Mr Birling is named after the family from ''Theatre/AnInspectorCalls'', because in the original draft of his first appearance, there was also a CAA inspector on the flight called Goole (after the inspector in the play), and the crew were trying to simultaneously please the inspector whilst also bending the rules for Birling. This was abandoned after Finnemore decided that in such a scenario, even Douglas would make sure the inspector was satisfied first and foremost, and the episode was rewritten around Birling, whose name was kept even though it now made no sense as a reference.
