Kika Markham and Corin Redgrave, who play Michael Woodley's parents were in real life married from 1985 until his death in 2010.
John Woodley, played by Corin Redgrave, is seen mowing his lawn. The house used is Peppard Cottage in Oxfordshire, also used as the titular property in Howards End (1992) which starred his sister, Vanessa Redgrave.
One of the early film roles for Hugh Dancy, playing Michael Woodley, having only had his first film appearance in 1998.