History Trivia / ConfessionsOfASeries

* YouSoundFamiliar: The voice on Elizabeth's police radio in ''Window Cleaner'' was provided by Creator/BillMaynard, who also played Timmy's dad.

** The three mourners in ''Confessions of a Summer Camp'' were all played by real-life siblings of Creator/DorisHare.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Caroline Ellis (Glad in ''Holiday Camp'') was best known for mostly playing innocent girls on children's TV and took the role to (unsuccessfully) break into more mature roles.

* YouLookFamiliar: Creator/LindaHayden played Timmy's fiancée in ''Confessions of a Window Cleaner'' and French co-worker, Brigitte in ''Confessions from a Holiday Camp''.

** Eric, one of the members of Kipper in ''Pop Performer'', played by Maynard Williams, the son of Creator/BillMaynard''.

* RealLifeRelative: The three mourners in ''Confessions of a Summer Camp'' were all played by real-life siblings of Creator/DorisHare.

** Producer Michael Klinger rejected a script for a ''Confessions from a Haunted House''. Plans to shoot a DirectToVideo film in the 1980s also came to nothing, as did a proposed 1992 film, ''Confessions of a Squaddie'', which was proposed with action due to take place in post-Gulf War Kuwait.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/HelenMirren was considered for the role of Mary Truscott in ''Confessions of a Driving Instructor''.
* WorkingTitle: ''Confessions of Pop Performer'' was originally called ''Confessions from the Pop World''.

* RealLifeRelative: The three mourners in ''Confessions of a Summer Camp'' were all played by real-life siblings of lead actress Doris Hare.

* SequelInAnotherMedium: Robin Askwith starred in a stage sequel entitled ''The Further Adventures of a Window Cleaner''.

** A fifth and a sixth film, ''Confessions of a Plumber's Mate'' and ''Confessions of a Private Soldier'', had been planned in 1977. Filming was set to begin on ''Plumber's Mate'' at the end of February 1978. Robin Askwith even expressed a desire to direct ''Private Soldier'', but neither film materialised (the former became '''Adventures''' ''of a Plumber's Mate''). In November 1977 the studio cancelled plans for future films. Columbia Pictures president David Begelman, who had been very supportive of the British film industry and who had green-lit the first film, had been implicated in a cheque-forging scandal and either quit or was fired. His successor had no interest in financing low-budget, profitable British films.

* SleeperHit: ''Window Cleaner'' was a low-budget film, with a budget of £100,000, but not really an independent film. It became one of the highest-grossing films at the British box office in 1974, beating the Creator/{{Disney}} movie ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''.

* YouLookFamiliar: Linda Hayden played Timmy's fiancée in ''Confessions of a Window Cleaner'' and French co-worker, Brigitte in ''Confessions from a Holiday Camp''.

* UnfinishedEpisode: A fifth and a sixth film, ''Confessions of a Plumber's Mate'' and ''Confessions of a Private Soldier'', had been planned in 1977. Filming was set to begin on ''Plumber's Mate'' at the end of February 1978. Robin Askwith even expressed a desire to direct ''Private Soldier'', but neither film materialised (the former became ''Adventures of a Plumber's Mate''). In November 1977 the studio cancelled plans for future films. Columbia Pictures president David Begelman, who had been very supportive of the British film industry and who had green-lit the first film, had been implicated in a cheque-forging scandal and either quit or was fired. His successor had no interest in financing low-budget, profitable British films.
** Producer Michael Klinger rejected a script based on ''Confessions from a Haunted House''. Plans to shoot a DirectToVideo film in the 1980s also came to nothing, as did a proposed 1992 film, ''Confessions of a Squaddie'', which was proposed with action due to take place in post-Gulf War Kuwait.

* SleeperHit: ''Window Cleaner'' was a low-budget film, with a budget of £100,000, but not really an independent film. It became one of the highest-grossing films at the British box office in 1974, beating the Creator/{{Disney}} movie ''Disney/TheAristocats''.

* ''Window Cleaner'' was one of the highest-grossing films at the British box office in 1974, beating the Creator/{{Disney}} movie ''Disney/TheAristocats''.

* ''Window Cleaner'' was one of the highest-grossing films at the British box office in 1974, beating the {{Disney}} movie ''Disney/TheAristocats''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Mr Lea later went to live in a [[BlatantLies quiet]] [[Series/{{Heartbeat}} Northern village]] and became a poor farmer that's always thinking of a get-rich-quick scheme. He also appeared in a couple of ''Film/CarryOn'' movies.