Tom Glenister, playing young Kevin Salisbury, is the real life son of Robert Glenister, playing adult Kevin Salisbury.
Dedicated to the memory of Keith 'Froggy' Frogson, the real-life ex-miner who was killed in 2004.
In June 2022, the BBC announced that they had commissioned House Productions to produce a 6-episode second series of the drama with filming set to take place in 2023.
Series 2 includes a plot line to open a deep coal mine in the community and was being broadcast around the time of the news of a plan to open a deep coal mine in Cumbria
Lesley Manville and Claire Rushbrook also play sisters in Magpie Murders (2022) and Moonflower Murders (2024).