15.6 million tuned in to this episode, causing it to rank in joint tenth place with If You Can't Beat Them.... (1980).
Contestant Barry Kempton tells Terry that he'd played guitar with "Shag Connors & The Carrot Crunchers". Although the panel react in mock recognition for a joke, the comedy band had appeared on television, including in Episode dated 19 April 1971 (1971). However, while Kempton may have played with the group, he is not credited on any of their albums.