Although set in Dudley in 1975 (and in 1978 by the final series), the housing estate scenes were actually shot in Langley, Middleton. The estate was constructed after the second World War to rehouse people away from Manchester's Victorian slums and inner-city areas badly damaged by WWII bombings.
Noddy Holder plays music teacher Neville Holder which is Noddy Holder's real name.
Award-winning children's author and comedy writer Adam Perrott was an extra in this TV show.