As Wild Bill is walking round Boston, introducing himself to the locals, being followed by the reporter played by Angela Griffin, the location magically changes from Boston, to a road in North London, regularly used in film and TV, with a distinctive house in the distance., despite the fact it is still supposed to be in Boston.
The fictional "Boston Stump" newspaper derives its name from the nickname of the local church, St Botolph's. The real Boston newspapers are the Standard and Target.
When Bill interrupts PC Drake in the briefing, he asks if Drake was going for "West Texas." "West Texas" was the nickname given to Gary Sinise's character in The Stand (1994), who was Rob Lowe's character's close friend.
The public school Bill's daughter is sent to doesn't exist, the building used for filming is actually the town's court house. Boston has not had a private school since Excell International School closed in 2010, and this was only for Primary school aged children.