Communication Problems - Connections and Errors

Connections and Errors

• This episode marks the first appearance of Terry the chef (played by Brian Hall); he is the only new regular character in the last series.
• This episode's original audio LP release was under the title "Mrs. Richards". In later re-releases, it was changed back to "Communication Problems".
• The following line was originally cut in rehearsal: Basil picks some morsel off the floor after Mrs. Richards hits her head in the office, and asks, "Is this a piece of your brain?" After seeing it had been cut, Andrew Sachs convinced John Cleese it was a funny moment and talked Cleese into putting it back in the script.
• Joan Sanderson and John Cleese would later co-star again as a married, aristocratic couple in The Great Muppet Caper.
• Joan Sanderson and Prunella Scales would later co-star as mother and daughter in in the radio then TV comedy series After Henry by Simon Brett.