This movie is ranked at the number forty-nine on Time Out's "Cinema's 50 Greatest Flops, Follies and Failures" list.
The "Bastards" restaurant menu has the following items on it: (The typos are exactly as they are written in the menu.)
HORS D'OEVRES: Wildebeest Salad. Mosaic of Truffles. Peacock eggs. Caviar Concoction.
ENTRÉES: Fresh Lotus Surprise. Sliced Baby Koala. (poached in it's mother's milk) Leopard's Head à la Suprise. Swan's Liver with Brandy. Baby Panda Sautée.
HORS D'OEVRES: Wildebeest Salad. Mosaic of Truffles. Peacock eggs. Caviar Concoction.
ENTRÉES: Fresh Lotus Surprise. Sliced Baby Koala. (poached in it's mother's milk) Leopard's Head à la Suprise. Swan's Liver with Brandy. Baby Panda Sautée.
One of the headlines on the spinning newspaper after Alex and Ron rob the DHSS office, claims "Storm as the Tories fight free TV for old". Ironically, in 2021 the Conservative government are fighting FOR free TV licenses for the over 75s, whilst the BBC are resisting such a scheme.
Second of two cinema movies starring British comedy group The Comic Strip. The first had been about two years earlier with The Supergrass (1985).
Final film of Debbie Linden.