Although Howard Overman wrote a majority of the episodes, the individual actors would be allowed to discuss how their characters would act in a situation and contribute to their story lines.
Filmed in Thamesmead, South East London, the same setting and lake where A Clockwork Orange (1971) was filmed.
Despite rumors he left for bigger projects or because of his salary, Robert Sheehan, who played Nathan Young) stated that he only left the series because he wanted to "piss off and do other things".
The show was originally supposed to take place in a type of shopping centre with each of the Misfits working in a different shop on Saturdays. It was changed to the show as it is now known after E4 told Howard Overman to make it more "urban".