While talking in the pub, Matt mentions a woman on Blagdon Road. Blagdon Road is the name of a street in Whitley, Reading, where Ricky Gervais grew up.
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Despite most of the various characters being given full names (eg. Tony Johnson, Matt Braden) they're only ever credited by their first name. In the case of Ashley Jensen's character of Emma, she's only credited as "Nurse" for the first two series of the show.
The sole exception comes in series three with Colin Hoult: although his character is credited as "Ken" throughout series two, this gets expanded to "Ken Otley" for the third series.
The sole exception comes in series three with Colin Hoult: although his character is credited as "Ken" throughout series two, this gets expanded to "Ken Otley" for the third series.
Kath Hughes has a small role credited as "Supermarket Assistant". However she reprises her role in season 3, but this time credited as "Coleen", for five episodes.