 Jim Franklin, known for "The Goodies", directed other episodes and two episodes in the second series were directed by Alan J. W. Bell, known for "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "Last of the Summer Wine".Bell used Michael Radford, who later became noted for the films "Nineteen Eighty-Four", "White Mischief" and "Il Postino".Each episode featured several guest character actors including Ian Ogilvy, Kenneth Colley, Liz Smith, Roy Kinnear, Frank Middlemass, Iain Cuthbertson, John Le Mesurier, Jan Francis, Denholm Elliott, Gwen Taylor, Harold Innocent, Richard Vernon, Gwen Watford, Barbara New, Gerald Sim, Gilly Flower, Joan Sanderson, Roger Sloman and David Griffin.