In the opening credits Mrs Barnaby is packing pamphlets for the fayre one of which is "Night of the Stag Revisited" which is a call back to the episode in season 14 "Night of the stag".
On March 18th 2021, Holly Willoughby announced on her This Morning (1988) show that she would be appearing in this story. Three months later, on This Morning, she admitted it had taken 25 attempts to film her one line in this story.
Janine Duvitski previously appeared in s1e3 Death of a Hollow Man (1998). It is believed that Fiona Dolman made an uncredited appearance in the same episode.
Clive Mantle and Tracey Oberman have both given their voices to Thomas the Tank Engine Clive voiced Gator and Tracey Daisy.