Based on the play 'Secrets' by Michael Palin and Terry Jones it was originally scripted in 1973 and they later adapted it for this film version.
Secrets' is just one of many projects Michael Palin and Terry Jones have produced outside of 'The Flying Circus'. Other collaborations include 'The Ripping Yarns' series.
Helen Pearson's debut.
Tyler Butterworth, Prunella Scales, Timothy West, and Bryan Pringle appeared in What the Butler Saw (1987).