Shot largely within one square mile on the edge of Hackney.
The title of the film is inspired by a headline in the Hackney Gazette.
Local residents were employed as extras. Local homes were used as locations.
Half of the main casts were not professional actors. They were recruited from the streets of London.
Sold to its backers at BBC films as "Kes with guns."
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