The crew filmed up to nine episodes in seven days.
The pace of production is so fast, they can shoot twenty pages of the script in a day.
Empty Nest (2009) was the acting debut of Emilia Clarke who became famous with her breakout role as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones (2009) which she played from 2011 - 2019.
In October 2021 it was announced that the first UK soap opera crossover involving Soaps Coronation Street (1960), Gente de barrio (1985), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Hollyoaks (1995) and Medical dramas Casualty (1986) and Doctors to highlight climate change. The crossover will be the biggest ever and the first of its kind.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the crew donated all of their personal protective equipment to the NHS, rather than using it in episodes.