What I thought was rather in dubious taste (probably been mentioned several times elsewhere) was Alexsandr Orlov dancing around on t'cobbles at the end of the first episode, on pretty much the spot we'd just seen Kylie breathe her last! I thought, "Have some respect"...
It was good with the Cadbury's sponsorship bumpers back in the day, because whenever there was a "serious"-toned episode they always used an unbranded, generic Cadbury's bumper, for minimum frivolity.
I do like the meerkats though