Funding was difficult because neither the Department of Health and Social Security nor the Home Office considered the film under their jurisdiction, and each office referred Jessica Skippon to the other.
Rolf Harris later said that production was hampered by colleagues opposing the idea that children should be told about sexual abuse.
Rolf Harris was naive about the subject and was motivated to make the film by a female teacher who told him that, when she spoke to her students about abuse, a traumatised girl ran out of the room; the girl later disclosed that she was being abused by a family member.
The child actors were students at the Barbara Speake Stage School.
Childwatch donated £15,000 and technical facilities were provided by Barclays Bank Video.