SERIES ONE
“Sardines” – The very first episode was all over the very last (future specials notwithstanding). The opening scene of Katherine Parkinson walking in, checking her hair in the mirror and smelling the soap is exactly how “Sardines” opens, and Parkinson squeezing into the toilet cubicle with Tim Key and Anne Reid mirrors her squeezing into the wardrobe with them and everybody else in “Sardines”. Also: Ben Willbond and Julian Rhind-Tutt were both guests at the wrap party, and there’s a clip in the wrap montage.
“A Quiet Night In” – Two clips from the acclaimed silent episode featured in the finale clips montage, and actor Denis Lawson was among the guests at the wrap party.
“Tom & Gerri” – Actor Conleth Hill is a guest at the wrap party, and the Body Shop voucher Katherine Parkinson rolls up to snort cocaine in “Plodding On” could also be a reference to Tom being given the same vouchers after a whip-round at work in “Tom & Gerri”.
“Last Gasp” – Tamsin Grieg, Sophie Thompson and Adam Deacon were all guests at the wrap party
“The Understudy” – As well as Rosie Cavaliero and Lyndsey Marshal being guests at the wrap party, Cavaliero revisited her role as a dresser in “The Understudy” when she helped Steve to put on his suit and shoes in the “Plodding On” toilets. A clip of Reece Shearsmith putting the Macbeth crown on also featured in the finale montage.
“The Harrowing” – There was a clip of Reece Shearsmith with the much-missed Helen McCrory in the montage, and the actor who played teenage Goth Shell, Poppy Rush, was also a guest at the wrap party, where a framed poster for the episode also hung in the bar (as seen behind Reece Shearsmith’s head).