The museum used in filming is the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Luke Baincross describes Mickey and Albert (in their undercover roles) as a cross between The A-Team and Robin Hood, which elicits a smile from Albert. Robert Vaughn previously played a recurring role in the fifth season of The A-Team (1983).
Albert says that the restaurant is so busy that nobody goes there anymore. This is a take on the famous Yogi Berra line.
Robert Glenister and Colin Baker had previously appeared in The Caves of Androzani: Part Four (1984).
Robert Vaughn, who plays Miss Baboor, was raised in Birmingham. Scenes, where Miss Baboor's vault was, were filmed on Colmore Row in Birmingham.