- All-Star Cast: The cast list for this show is a veritable "Who's Who" of the best of the British acting world, including banner names like Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon, Celia Imrie, Imelda Staunton, and Tom Hiddleston, and is rounded out by a host of beloved British character actors, including Jim Carter, Emma Fielding, Francesca Annis, Alistair Petrie, Julia Sawalha, Greg Wise, Michelle Dockery, Lesley Sharp, and none other than the Thirteenth Doctor herself, Jodie Whittaker.
- The Other Darrin: A character who appears only briefly at the end of the original miniseries but more extensively in the sequel is played by a different (easier to obtain) actor in the latter.
- Real-Life Relative:
- Husband and wife Jim Carter (Captain Brown) and Imelda Staunton (Octavia Pole), with their daughter Bessie Carter (Margaret Gidman).
- Mother and daughter Judi Dench (Miss Matty Jenkyns) and Finty Williams (Mrs Clara Smith). Interestingly, Williams plays the stepmother of Miss Mary Smith, who lives with Dench's Miss Matty and becomes a surrogate daughter to her... don't think about it too hard.
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