When Ted and Mae are talking by the pinball machine, she recites the poem "This Be The Verse" by Philip Larkin.
The actress playing Jamie's mother (Leanne Best) is only 12 years older than the actor playing Jamie (Phil Dunster). When this episode aired he was 31 years old and she was only 43.
The three kids playing footie near Jamie's Mum's place in Manchester are named Barry, Robin and Maurice, which are the first names of the Gibb brothers of the legendary disco/pop group, The Bee Gees. The Gibb brothers were born in Isle of Man, but later lived in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester with their parents before emigrating to Australia.
At 69 minutes and 32 seconds, this is the second longest episode of the series.
Ted's mum says she has come over for Mother's Day. Mother's Day in the USA is the second Sunday in May which would be more in line with the end of the football season than Mother's Day in the UK which falls 3 weeks before Easter.