In real life, there is no University of Dartmouth. The closest official universities to Dartmouth are the University of Plymouth and the University of Exeter.
The first appearance of April, played by Catherine Shepherd.
The "Hindley" that Jez refers to after he and Mark are detained by Mr. Rashid, are In reference to Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, notorious child-killers apprehended and convicted in the 1960s.
The book that Jez picks up at Professor MacLeish's dinner party is a particularly racy novel titled Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser.
There are a few sexual literary references hinting at the tension between April and Mark: the reference to Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser at the party and the Betty Blue poster in April's dorm room.