A film version produced during 1955 by the Butchers company, written by the Pertwees and featuring the television cast, exists as an example of the series.

[2] The show was reportedly brought to an end when, after three years' writing, the Pertwees' request for a break was refused by the BBC, with the Corporation preferring to cancel the popular series altogether.

[5] Peter Bryant, who featured as Jack Grove, later became a script editor and producer of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who.

[7][8] In 1991, during a special day of programming on BBC2 to commemorate the closing of Lime Grove, a new edition of the programme was shown, a modern production of one of the original scripts with the roles filled by popular television soap opera actors of the time, including Leslie Grantham, Anna Wing, Sue Johnston, Nick Berry, Sally Ann Matthews, Paul Parris and Kellie Bright.

The first episode shows the family making their last mortgage payment, and over the course of the series Bob tries to grow his business and attain prosperity in postwar Britain.