Professor Voss said that politics is "... Battle of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.". It is actually attributable to nineteenth-century author Ambrose Bierce.
Anna Chancellor [Judith Suskin] co-starred with John Thaw [Inspector Morse] in the series Kavanagh QC.
The egg cups in the opening scene are from Emma Bridgewater's "Toast & Marmalade" collection.