Anthony Head and Sharon Maughan who play Colin's parents also played a flirtatious couple in a popular series of Nescafé commercials.
Pigeon races are determined by the fastest bird home, not the first bird home as stated in the film. This is because the birds travel different distance to each of the owners loft and to prevent the closest loft having an advantage.
In the end Isabelle wears a dress with pigeons.