- Retroactive Recognition:
- Delia Mallory is played by Samantha Eggar, who would later be best known for voicing Hera in Hercules.
- Gillibrand and some of the other medical students are better known for playing Bernard Woolley in Yes, Minister (Derek Fowlds), Tom Good in The Good Life (Richard Briers), Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street (Johnny Briggs), and Edward Barnes in Upstairs Downstairs (Christopher Beeny).
- Miss Steele is played by Amanda Barrie, who would later be best known for playing Alma Halliwell in Coronation Street.
- The woman on the train is played by Fenella Fielding, who would later be best known for playing Valeria Watt in Carry On Screaming!.
- An ambulance man is played by Peter Butterworth prior to joining the Carry On... Series.
- The two men in Mum's Diner are played by Harry Landis and Ronald Lacey, who later be best known for playing Felix Kawalski in EastEnders and Toht in Raiders of the Lost Ark respectively.
- A man at the railway station ticket counter is played by Ronnie Barker, who would later be best known for his comedy work with Ronnie Corbett such as The Two Ronnies.
- A railway porter who has a run-in with Sir Lancelot is played by John Bluthal, who would later be best known for playing Frank Pickle in The Vicar of Dibley.
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