The market place scenes here were filmed in Alnwick, during the actual market day.
There were two "staged stalls" but everyone else there are true local market traders and patrons of the towns market.
Mark Bonnar (Danny Pryor) & Mairead McKinley (Rene O'Brien) also worked together on Episode #2.4 (2017) as Colin Osborne & Sinead Quinn respectively.
Joe Fitzpatrick 13 Joe Fitzpatrick who plays Toby was born with reticular dysgenesis which is a rare genetic disorder of the bone marrow. Following his birth, he had to be rushed off to a sterile bubble then at the age of just seven weeks he underwent a bone marrow But he is also profoundly deaf and suffers from learning difficulties which mean he is not aware of potential risk.
A body was found in the slurry pit. So two divers wearing scuba gear climbed in to get the body out. It would have been easier to keep the body away from the drain pipe and drain the pit first. Then they could stand on solid ground.
Brenda Blethyn and Lee Ross appeared together in the film Secrets And Lies.