This is the second sit-com that Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles worked on together as leading characters after To The Manor Born (1979).
Executive Stress (1986), was inspired by the writer's wife's difficult experience juggling a career in Public Relations after having two children.
The series theme song, "Why We Fell In Love", was written by Tim Rice (lyrics) and Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), it was performed by Julie Covington.
The series ran for three seasons between 1986 and 1988.
Creator George Layton set the series in the world of publishing as, in the 1980s, it was one of the few industries where female senior executives were common, meaning the Fairchilds could realistically be on an equal setting in the workplace.