Twenty-one years later, this same Roald Dahl story appeared in the Tales of the Unexpected episode A Dip in the Pool (1979). Jack Weston who featured as Otto in Forty Detectives Later (1960), played the part of William Botibol in the later version. Dahl then re-used the distinctive name Mr Botibol in Mr Botibol's First Love (1980), and the eponymous Mr Botibol was played once again by Jack Weston.
Mr. Botibol ends up betting £350 in the pool. Calculating the difference inflation has caused on this amount is difficult to determine due to the fact that the pound has suffered more from inflation and in the exchange rate between the two currencies. Simply put, $980 in 1958 would be equivalent to $10,585 in 2024.