It rained almost constantly throughout the shoot. This prompted writer Andrew Davies to concoct the scene in which Edward Ferrars (Dan Stevens) chops wood in a dripping wet shirt, a scene that was quickly compared with probably the most iconic moment in Davies's adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1995) when Mr Darcy (Colin Firth) jumps into a lake fully clad.
Folk duo Spiers and Boden (John Spiers and Jon Boden ) recorded a special version of their rendition of "The Fireside Polka" for the dance scene at Barton Park. However, Spiers was unavailable the day the scene was filmed, so his friend, musician Tim van Eyken, stood in for him, miming the tune on the melodeon.