Date: June 1927 (from opening caption). The episode opens on the day of the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot on Wednesday 15th June.

Goof: All the details about the Hunt Cup (winners, odds etc.) are accurate. The one exception is at 2'38" when James says that the odds on Delius are said to be "nine-to-two on" – they were in fact nine-to-two (i.e. odds against, not odds on).

Reader Phil of cinemamuseum.org.uk writes: "[At 10'16"] Dolly mentions 'a film studio somewhere out at Islington or other'. This is likely to be the Gainsborough Film Studio at Poole Street, N1, opened in 1924, and making mainly B-features. It is chiefly remembered today for giving a start to a young Alfred Hitchcock, and for later on producing many costume melodramas. Rank bought the studio in 1946 and then closed it down in 1949. The site is now housing."

Goof: Frederick shuts the front door but it doesn't close properly (11'46").

Goof?: Given the small size of measures Georgina puts in the cocktail shaker, the fact that she gets four drinks out of it seems a bit optimistic (14'41").

Goof: At 14'45", one second Paul Marvin has a monocle in his eye; the next he doesn't. (Thanks to Ann Prowse, who spotted that one.)

Goof?: Jean Marsh: "Can't be in service in a large house with a staff not but what you don't know a bit about each other's private affairs." Eh? (28'49")
A reader notes: "...you list Rose's line: 'Can't be in service...' as a goof, by which I think you mean the odd expression: 'not but what.' However, this is just a piece of archaic English meaning: 'It has to be said,' and can be found, for example, in Dickens' Great Expectations."

Reader Phil of cinemamuseum.org.uk writes: "When we get to the film shoot itself [31'56"], we see the crew using an old-fashioned wooden camera, decidedly old hat for June 1927."

Edward background: It seems, by the episode, Edward has been promoted to under-butler on a permanent basis, so is now senior to Frederick.

This was Frederick's (Gareth Hunt's) last episode. At one point, a spin-off series, You Live Or You Die – which would see Frederick seeking his fortune in America – was talked about, but this never came to fruition.