According to Laura, Morse consulted her once on donating his body to science. In the final episode of Inspector Morse, when discussing with his lawyer, did stipulate his body was to be donated upon his death.
"Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law; but the revenge of that wrong, putteth the law out of office." -- Francis Bacon, Essayes (1625)
Actor Paul Anderson (Alastair Farlow) previously appeared in S2.E4 "The Great and the Good", as a completely different character (Frank Sporettia).
In the Chapel, Hathaway stares at The Adoration of the Shepherds altarpiece by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). This is located at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford. It was given to the college by Sir Richard Worsley in 1804.
In real-life, the first female bishop in the Church of England was Libby Lane, who was consecrated in 2015 as the Suffragan Bishop of Stockport. She later became the Bishop of Derby. Lane's appointment marked a significant milestone for the Church of England, as it had previously been an all-male leadership structure.