The unnamed wino who helps Jonathan and Maddy is played by Rob Jarvis, who also played sacked band member Tex a few episodes previously in No Trace of Tracy (1997). It isn't clear if this is a different character or this is what has become of Tex after losing his livelihood.
The episode title is a play on "Time waits for no man", first attributed to St. Marher in 1225.
Produced by Verity Lambert the woman who was the guiding light in the creation of Dr Who.