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Referenced when discussing caravanning history - 'Mr. Toad had a caravan, didn't he, in The Wind and the Willards?' (slight mispronunciation of the title in speech)

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Mentioned as an example of the idealized rural England/Arcadia that Metroland represented, comparing the pastoral vision being sold to suburban homebuyers to the imagery in this classic book.

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The episode opens with a reading from this book, specifically the passage about Toad being confronted by Badger about his reckless behavior. The hosts explicitly identify it as being from Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows and compare Boris Johnson to the character of Toad.

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Referenced alongside Winnie the Pooh when describing E.H. Shepard as the illustrator of both classic children's books