Date: It is April 1914 (5'29"). This is dated by a line in Home Fires which says Rose and Gregory were engaged on the 12th April.

Mrs Bridges background: She has a friend called Mrs Beddowes, erstwhile cook to Lady Templeman. Mrs Beddowes, whose cooking was the talk of Mayfair, took Mrs Bridges under her wing when she was just starting out (presumably before she moved to Southwold) (see also The Glorious Dead).

Goof: Look at the picture of King George between Rose and Edward at 1'57". The red light clearly shown in the reflection is from the top of the camera taking the shot.

This episode is the first appearance of Keith Barron as Australian sheep farmer Gregory Wilmot. Prior to UpDown, Barron was probably best known for a pair of classic Dennis Potter plays (Stand Up, Nigel Barton and Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton) in 1965. In these he played a bright young man trying to escape his working-class roots in a small mining community. Post UpDown, he is probably best known for Duty Free (1984-6), a sitcom about two couples who meet on a holiday in Spain. Barron died in 2017.

Gregory background: His father owned a small farm in Yorkshire, which fell on hard times. He urged Gregory to emigrate to Australia, which he did, and started his own sheep station there. During this episode, Gregory is back in Britain to settle the affairs of his father who died "a couple of months back". In Australia, his farm is 100 miles to the west of Melbourne and has 8000 sheep. He is 35 years old and has a brother, Tim. Gregory's first love was Dorothy at the age of 16, but it wasn't a serious relationship and, in any case, Hamish appeared on the scene.

Rose background: Her father kept the gate lodge at Southwold. She has a brother called Tim, now in Canada.

Goof: At 4'09", when Gregory asks the shop assistant for a lemon sponge she disappears and returns within six seconds(!) with the sponge all gift-wrapped up. Why is it wrapped up in this way, especially as Gregory did not ask for it? (Thanks to Tony Murray for spotting this.)

Goof: At 8'21", while Rose is asking Hudson about Australia, he is sitting reading. He removes his glasses to make a point and while putting them on again, pokes himself in the eye. Ouch. (Thanks to Arne Andersen for sending this one in.)

Two sets of location work were mounted for the episode. Firstly, in Eaton Place for scenes including Rose's farewell. Then secondly, at the Café de Paris in Coventry Street, London (by that time, as now, a nightclub and restaurant) for the two tea-dance scenes.

The first tune played at the thé dansant (which is also being sung by Hazel at 5'10") is the jaunty By The Beautiful Sea (music: Harry Carroll / lyrics: Harold R Atteridge), a popular favourite of 1914.

The tune being played as Gregory and Rose sit and talk at 11'30" is Marcheta (A Love Song Of Old Mexico) composed by Victor Schertzinger in 1913.

Goof: Angela Baddeley refers to a "a more middle type class of girl" (rather than "middle-class type...") (34'15").

The tune the orchestra is playing at 38'12", as Rose and Gregory dance the tango, is called Bedouin Love Song composed by Ciro Pinsuti in the mid-1800s.

The tune being played by the violinist in the street (42'05") is Waltzing Matilda, sometimes referred to as an "unofficial national anthem of Australia". Its origins are debated, but its use in this episode might owe more to its association with Australia in more modern times (i.e. 1974) rather than how identified it was (especially in the UK) at the time this episode was set (1914). The second tune is Home! Sweet Home! ("Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home").

Gregory returns to Rose's life in Home Fires in the next season.