Host Bradley Walsh had previously appeared as a guest panellist in the Lily Savage version of the programme, featuring in Episode #14.12 (1998) and Episode #16.10 (2001).
In the original version the "tie breaker" game would involve the contestants writing their answers down on a card and revealing them if the celebrity panellists said the same answer. Here the rules are the same, except instead of just speaking their answers verbally, the celebrities write them down too.
The special was faithful to the original, though one change was that the names of the panellists contained their full names, instead of just their first names.
Another change between the special and the original was that the revolving set rotated clockwise to reveal the contestants, instead of counter-clockwise as with all the other versions. When it was commissioned as a series in 2021, it returned to the traditional counter-clockwise format.
This special was watched by 6.33 million viewers, making it the eleventh most-watched programme on UK television that week.