Maggie Smith's appearance on this show marked the first time in 42 years she had appeared on a talk show.
The first series was originally scheduled to run for thirteen episodes, but it proved so successful that it was extended to nineteen episodes.
A fly interrupted the show on two occasions by landing in one of the guests' drinks. In June 2013, the diving fly made Steve Carell go off-topic when it landed in Chris O'Dowd's alcoholic beverage. In October 2014, Emma Thompson interrupted the conversation in order to fish a fly out of Luke Evans's glass of red wine.