When Primrose says to the vicar "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?" she is quoting Sir Toby Belch talking to Malvolio in Act 2, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night.
When Primrose says "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any
other name would smell as sweet," she is quoting Juliet in Act 2 Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Stranger at the gates is set in August 1959 as shown bythe calendar hanging in the Larkin's kitchen. However, in this episode, itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini can be heard on the radio which was not released until June 1960
Philip Franks, (Charley), and William Simons, (Ted Watson), appeared together in 80 episodes of Heartbeat (1992), as Police Sergeant Craddock and Police Constable Alf Ventress, respectively, between 1998 and 2002.