The final episode to be produced by Brian True-May. He had been involved as producer or executive producer of every episode until this point but left the series after he told the Radio Times that the programme "wouldn't work" if there was any racial diversity in the village life.
When Barnaby and Jones find the stuffed Blue-Crested Hopoe in Ralph's back room, Jones say it's "dead....as I don't know what." He's looking right at what appears to be a stuffed Dodo (which Ralph couldn't have stuffed since they've been extinct for centuries (widely accepted since 1662)) oddly he doesn't seem to recognize it as surely it would have triggered him to remember that the common phrase is "dead as a Dodo." Barnaby does seem to recognize it though, giving Jones an odd look before the scene ends.
After watching the old video of Nina which leads to his cracking the case, Barnaby calls Jones. The numbers he dials sound out a bar of music from Swan Lake.
The Lions Pub Bedlow Buckhamshire is used as the location of the feathers Pub in this episode it was previously used in the Episode Dark Autumn where it was the filming location for the Crown and Sceptre Pub.
Tony Haygarth previously appeared in the episodes Avenging Angel and King Crystal.