[4] The disused Aldwych tube station was used to film Rose Selfridge travelling on the London Underground and scenes in the first episode.

On 8 February 2013, ITV announced Mr Selfridge had been commissioned for a second series of ten episodes, to start on 19 January 2014.

[9] An American casting director was employed to find an actor suitable to play Harry Selfridge.

Producer Chrissy Skinns and director Jon Jones met Piven in Los Angeles and were impressed by his understanding of the character.

[10] Executive producer Kate Lewis was "thrilled to attract" Frances O'Connor to the role of Rose Selfridge because she had long been a fan of the actress.

The casting of the trio was announced in March 2012 alongside Grégory Fitoussi (Henri Leclair), Aisling Loftus (Agnes Towler), Zoe Tapper (Ellen Love) and Trystan Gravelle (Victor Colleano).

Another marriage under strain is Rosalie's: she must pay her husband's gambling debts after Lord Loxley, having used him to hurt Selfridge, abandons Sergei's project.

[45] Susanna Lazarus of the Radio Times opined that the character's earnestness detracted from the realism of the story.

[46] Gabriel Tate of Time Out branded it an unsubtle, daft series with glorious production values but felt it was "ideal escapism for a Sunday night".

[47] Benjamin Secher from The Daily Telegraph said that Mr Selfridge is a "less cosy, more charismatic" production of The Paradise.