Hamish and Dougal series was arranged by Graeme's son John Garden and performed by a four-piece ceilidh band. The programmes were produced by Jon Naismith. Other actors have also featured in guest appearances, such as the 2004 Hogmanay special which featured guest appearances from "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" chairman Humphrey Lyttelton, as the Laird's butler Lyttelton, "Today programme" presenter Jim Naughtie (as Mrs Naughtie's long-lost son), Sandi Toksvig (as Sandi Wedge, a very tall golf champion) and Tim Brooke-Taylor and Colin Sell (as themselves). The show relied heavily on sexual innuendo, and Scottish stereotypes. Long-running jokes from the parent series were
I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha husband Darrin that she will not use magic, a promise that initiates a pattern that continues into each subsequent episode of the series; the conflict in each episode surrounds Samantha's failed attempts to keep her promise. The pilot is one of many episodes in the series that demonstrate that Samantha and Darrin have sexual desire for each other; as opposed to being depicted as sleeping in separate beds - like Rob and Laura Petrie in the concurrently running "The Dick Van Dyke Show" - Samantha and Darrin are depicted sleeping in the same bed and expressing eagerness to do so.