The success of the series resulted in an Canadian version, starring Kim Cattrall as Davina, began airing in 2014, nine years after the original. Joanna Lumley and Kim Cattrall both appeared together in the 2011 Comic Relief parody Upstairs Downstairs Abbey.
Joanna Lumley revealed on Breakfast Television that one of the working interpretations for Davina was that she was "a potential suicide".