Trivia / Ballykissangel

• The Alleged Car: The Jowett Javelin was "killed off" because it was unreliable enough to cause serious problems with production.
• Character Outlives Actor: By the time BBC Ulster got around to reviving the show for its final series, actor Tony Doyle had died. Rather than kill off a main character offscreen (because theirs was a milieu where Death Is Always Big Onscreen Drama) they concocted a bizarre storyline in which his character, Brian Quigley, had become a fugitive from a federal tax evasion charge and had fled to Brazil. If he ever returned to Ireland, he'd spend his retirement in the pokey. When the plug was finally pulled on the programme, Brian was (apparently) still alive and living in Rio, but Tony was still beyond waiting for his cue.
• Romance on the Set: The two leads from series 1-3 were, for a time, engaged.