The cast and crew assembled in the Bridge Lounge at the BBC Television Centre for the read-through of all six episodes from the final series on 30 June 2000. Nine days later they moved to Bournemouth to film some exterior sequences. "One Foot" had used Bournemouth since the show's beginning because of its favourable climate, easy access to London along with the lower costs compared to filming in the capital. The exterior scenes of the Meldrews' home were filmed, as they had been since series two, at Tresillian Way in Walkford (a village near New Milton in Hampshire).