Playing The Field was mainly filmed in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. They played football at The Stanton Institute Rugby Ground, and Scala Cinema was the basis of the nightclub scenes.
Jo McInnes(Jo Mullen) and Lee Ross(Ryan Pratt) portray a rocky couple but have actually been married in real life since 1999, the same year that the second season aired.
Features only nude scene for Marsha Thomason and first career nude scenes for Debra Stephenson.