Kelly discusses the James Bond spoof at length in [Hilarious James Bond Spoof (2019)], explaining how he'd write the sketches in California, before travelling to England to make them more workable for a UK audience with his co-writer, Neil Shand. He also expresses disappointment that, while the studio audience laughed at the sketch, they didn't find it as funny as the cast did during rehearsals.
This episode did not chart in the BBC2 top ten that week; the joint ninth rated programmes both had ratings of 4.45 million.