Instead of the latest Star Wars film featuring "Obi Ben Kanobi" (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)) Ray (Dean Andrews) takes Chris (Marshall Lancaster) to see The Hunger (1983), a UK horror film released in April 1983, directed by Tony Scott (brother of Ridley Scott), written by James Costigan and Michael Thomas, and based on the Whitley Strieber novel. It's the story of a love triangle between Dr Sarah Roberts (Susan Sarandon) who specialises in sleep and aging research, and counter culture vampire couple John (David Bowie) and Miriam Blaylock (Catherine Deneuve).
Beth Goddard who played Elaine (owner of the dating agency) is the real life wife of Philip Glenister (Gene Hunt).
Begins with a shot by shot parody of Billy Joel's video "uptown girl," featuring Gene Hunt in the Billy Joel role.
Gene (Philip Glenister)'s speed date, Rhonda (Flaminia Cinque), says she's after a man who's "hung like something off the beach at Weston-Super-Mare." This references the UK phrase, "hung like a donkey", referring to the size of a man's penis. Donkey rides were a traditional feature of seaside resorts in England (such as Weston-Super-Mare) and Wales. Originally, the donkeys used for beach rides for kids were working draught animals used in the cockle-picking industries around the UK coastline. The tradition started in the Victorian era but is less prevalent today.