The title is a pun of the Bible Quotation "For the love of money is the root of all evil"
The Vauxhall Senator (J257EAB) driven by the owner of the house in Netherbury Street where Logie (Pete Postlethwaite) and Ray Daley mistakenly fit a satellite dish, was also used as Syd's car in Looking for Mr. Goodtime (1993).