Braziers Park - near Ipsden, Oxfordshire, England - is the filming location for the Chetwood's country home.
The photographs of Gerald, Marjorie Empson's late husband, are, in fact, pictures of George Baker, who played DCI Reg Wexford in the Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987). Christopher Ravenscroft, who plays Dr. Rupert Bradshaw, played Wexford's assistant DI Mike Burden.
Rupert Vansittart has played three different characters over the course of the series:
- Episode 12.1 The Dogleg Murders (2009) - Alistair Kingslake
- Episode 10.4 The Axeman Cometh (2007) - Desmond Harcourt
- Episode 5.1 Market for Murder (2002) - Selwyn Proctor
Serena Gordon plays Ginny Sharp in this episode. She returns in episode 11.4, Midsomer Life (2008), in the role of Christina Finleyson.
Serena Gordon played as Caroline in the James Bond classic Goldeneye, an MI6 psychological and psychiatric evaluator whom Bond seduces at the beginning of the film. Though her role was short her performance is memorable and well remembered for her spontaneity.