As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

Jean Hardcastle

Lionel Hardcastle

Judith

Sandy

The program was originally titled "Winter with flowers," but when a cake bearing the title was presented at the taping of the first episode, the cast and crew refused to eat any cake unless the name of the series was changed.

Moira Brooker, who plays Judith, Jean's grown-up daughter, admits to occasionally being so mesmerized by Judi Dench's talents while taping that she would forget to say her lines.

The title of Lionel's often mentioned memoir was "My Life in Kenya." Jenny Funnell, who portrayed Sandy on the show, was actually born in Kenya.

Between Season 4 Episode 10 and Season 5 Episode 1, the layout of the interior of the house changes. Formerly, standing inside the living room, there was a wall outside the living room door, which the door opened from the right. Now, the door opens from the left, the wall is gone and you are able to see the front door of the house from the living room. In Season 9, the door opens from the right again.

The letter being written in the opening credits gives the date as January 1953 but when Jean and Lionel discuss the situation they say Lionel was in Korea in 1954.

In Season 4 Episode 5, Mike Barbosa gets to see Rocky's house, which as seen in Season 2 Episode 3, the front is 2/3 covered with moss. In Season 4 Episode 10, when filming begins for "Just Two People", the moss has been stripped away, presumably for the "filming". The moss is restored by the next episode (Season 5 Episode 1).

Rocky Hardcastle: Rock on!