Trivia

This is John Cleese's first starring role in a BBC sitcom since the legendary L'hôtel en folie (1975) finished in 1979.

Series one of the sitcom was a major success for BBC One, opening with more than 6.21 million viewers and averaging 4.65 million viewers across its six episodes - making it one of the most watched BBC comedies of recent years.

John Cleese described the scripts as the most enjoyable he'd been sent "in the last 100 years".

John Cleese and Alison Steadman previously played a married couple in the film Clockwise (1986).

On Friday, 11th May 2018 John Cleese revealed in a tweet that filming of series two of Hold the Sunset would be completed by November 2018, suggesting a broadcast date in early 2019. The BBC had not officially announced the commissioning of series two at this point.