Because of copyright problems with the use of excerpts from 'West Side Story' in West Coast Story (1995), that episode was omitted from all VHS and DVD releases of the series. It is also omitted from BBC's iPlayer.
Simon, otherwise known as Seth to the crew, is still a gravedigger and now works as a rigger in the entertainment industry in the arenas in the North West of England and is otherwise known as Digger.
The first television series adapted to tv by M.C Beaton. The Second is Agatha Raisin
The film composer Lorne Balfe used to live near Plockton where the series was being filmed. He was entrusted with cooking the crew's breakfasts. Later in life, Balfe would work on films such as Inception (2010).
Shirley Henderson and Robert Carlyle both later starred in Trainspotting (1996) and T2 Trainspotting (2017).