This episode was the joint tenth most-watched programme on UK television that week, with 11.75 million tuning in to it, Episode #1.3682 (1982) and Episode #4.5 (1982).
Despite the number of viewers for Blankety Blank's fifth series averaging 10.42 million, ITV was dominating the charts at this time. Consequently this was the only fifth series episode to make the top ten.
What might not be noticed by some viewers is that on a couple of occasions Terry Wogan adjusts his Southern Irish accent and puts on a Northern Irish one to playfully tease Dana.