| 1 | !!The series |
| 2 | * ActorLeavesCharacterDies: In the DVDCommentary for "Abduction", it is mentioned that the reason for [[spoiler:Carter's wife Alison being killed off was that Stephanie Turner was asking for too much money to continue to appear in the series]]. |
| 3 | * ActorSharedBackground: Much like Creator/JohnThaw, Regan is originally from Manchester. Meanwhile, Carter is a former amateur boxer, like Dennis Waterman. |
| 4 | * AlanSmithee: The second episode "Jackpot" was written by Troy Kennedy-Martin but he insisted that his name be removed and replaced by a fictitious name Tony Marsh because he objected to changes that were made to his script by the producers. |
| 5 | * CreativeDifferences: Creator Ian Kennedy Martin's idea was for the series to be mainly studio-based, with more dialogue and less action, but producer Ted Childs disagreed, and in consequence Ian Kennedy Martin parted company with the project. |
| 6 | * CreatorChosenCasting: Ian Kennedy Martin wrote the role of Jack Regan especially for his friend Creator/JohnThaw. They'd previously worked together on the series ''Series/Redcap1964''. |
| 7 | * CreatorCouple: Dennis Waterman's then-wife Patricia Maynard appeared in "Abduction" as a schoolteacher. Ironically, they don't have a scene together. |
| 8 | * DistancedFromCurrentEvents: "Trojan Bus" was meant to close out season two, but when the plot of "Thou Shalt Not Kill" mirrored a real-life crime in the news, the order of the final episodes were pushed around in the schedules |
| 9 | * OneTakeWonder: The second movie's signature stunt, the driving of a car through a shop-front window, or a "death defying car leap" as the publicity exclaimed, was filmed in one take with three cameras. The window was on a mezzanine floor, about ten feet (three metres) above the ground. |
| 10 | * OutOfOrder: Season two's "Supersnout" was filmed after "Hit and Run", [[spoiler:in which Carter's wife is murdered]], but broadcast first. As a result, the former episode has an odd scene where Carter asks Regan if his two female neighbours are still around, and is disappointed when they aren't. As a result what was supposed to be a downbeat Carter looking to relieve some depression instead becomes a randy police officer prepared to cheat on his wife. |
| 11 | * StarMakingRole: For Creator/JohnThaw. |
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| 13 | !!The film |
| 14 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/OrlandoBloom, Creator/DanielCraig, Creator/TomHardy and Creator/EwanMcGregor were considered for George Carter. |
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