Because of the current travel restrictions in place for Turkey, the production team filmed in Spain, Manchester, and Bolton during Summer 2021.
In one scene set in a nightclub, Kathy and Martin (Sheridan Smith and Michael Jibson) deliver a cringingly amateurish karaoke performance. In reality, both Smith and Jibson are accomplished singers and have each won Laurence Olivier awards for their roles in musical theatre.
Sheridan Smith and Michael Jibson, who play the parents in this, also starred together in the drama "Four Lives."
Sian Brooke and Sheridan Smith also appeared together in "The Moorside" about Shannon Matthews' disappearance