Program was filmed on location in mid-August 1981 in Dublin, Ireland. It was one of four shows shot abroad that summer to escape the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Ireland was the first locale used during the cast and crew's three-nation tour that included France and Malta in that order. Two of the four shows were filmed in Malta. The cast was accompanied by producers, directors, makeup and wardrobe personnel, a stunt coordinator and doubles on the trip. A camera crew and art director in England and sound unit in Ireland were hired to work on the productions. A single one-hour program, which normally was produced for $800,000 to $900,000 to in the U.S., pushed the costs up by as much as an extra $200,000 to produce them, which was the case when in France.
One of the episodes that focuses on Remington Steele's effort to find the identity of his father.