On screen
Cast
328 credited performers
Kenneth Cranham
Teddy Rose
David Lansbury
Daniel
Grace Glover
Mrs McAlister
Tom Watson
Donald Dick
Jenny McCrindle
Aileen
Tony Roper
Bruce
Susan Wooldridge
Deb
Terry Cavers
Moira Ross
Jean Bruce
Nanny Blagh
Andrew Barr
Night Editor
Emlyn Price
Greg
Michael Keating
Charlie
Matt Costello
Ally
Elaine Paige
Anne Clark
Anne Kristen
Audrey
Jack Shepherd
Malcolm Sloman
Gawn Grainger
Brian
Mark Lewis Jones
Iwan
Billy McElhaney
Joe
Phyllis Logan
Dr Ruth Kovacs
Harvey Keitel
Carl
Stella Gonet
Rachel
Andrew Byatt
Willie
Katherine Stark
Ruth
Hugh Martin
Willie's Father
Lesley Jackson
Morag
Bill Barclay
Jon
Craig Ferguson
Eddie
Patrick Doyle
Pat
Maggie Bell
Club Singer
Ron Donachie
Drunk on Ferry
Alex McAvoy
Trinkle Kid
Philip Jackson
Greg
Julie Graham
Sandra
Jacqueline Gilbride
Julia
Edith Ruddick
Mrs Blackie
Richard Wilson
Max
Martin Cochrane
Murray
Frederick Warder
Ferdi
Alex McCrindle
Wilf
Katy Murphy
Ishbel
Stuart Davids
Michael
Russell Hunter
Ian Sinclair
Elizabeth Sellars
Jean Sutherland
Thorley Walters
Mr Finister
Hugh Lloyd
Wattie
Madeleine Christie
Aggie
Jennifer Piercey
Mrs Campbell
Siobhan Redmond
Claire Lafferty
David Rintoul
Reverend Douglas Wyllie
Irene Sunters
Mrs Mangan
Gerard Kelly
Charley Hood
Paul Higgins
Murdo Caldwell
Adam Crowther
Craigie Stein
Tony Betts
Rob McGuigan
Maurice Roëves
Jack Lawrence
Tim Brierley
Jimmy Dunne
T. P. McKenna
Michael Flynn
Marsha Hunt
Elvi Rogers
Nickolas Grace
Paul Mann
Kika Mirylees
Morag Stevenson
David Calder
Douglas
Alan Downer
Owen
Tara Ward
Mary
Andy Secombe
Simon
Carl Rigg
Geoff
Nigel Lambert
Bill
Bill Caddick
Steady Eddie
Malcolm Kaye
Ken
Eric Allan
Len
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Joan
Catherine Russell
Madeline Kohler
Anton Lesser
Vincenzo
Clive Mantle
Bud
Ricco Ross
Larry
Stevan Rimkus
John
Norman Beaton
Character not listed
Andrew Keir
John Tagg
Oliver Cotton
Andrew Ford
Vincent Riotta
Richard Maine
Rob Walker
'Grease' Ball
Bob Mason
Eddie Shawcross
Mary Conlon
Kara Massingham
Kate McKenzie
Susie Plaistow
Siv Borg
Milanka
Anthony Hopkins
Jack
Lynn Farleigh
Rachel
Glyn Houston
Old Jack
Martin Glyn Murray
Glyn
Hugh Fraser
Saunders
Paul Humpoletz
Grosz
Jane Horrocks
Pam
Gemma Heritage
Cathy
Mike Hayward
Yori
Gareth Morris
Joe
Hubert Rees
Bank Manager
David Quilter
Minister
Geoffrey Evans
Detective
Bill Bellamy
Antique Dealer
Lindsay Duncan
Gutrune Day
James Fox
Nick Verney
Ciaran Madden
Catherine
Anthony Dutton
Sgt Bliss
Tom Knight
Jones
Alex Kingston
Daniella
Nina Cowan
Daisy
Eva Lohman
Susannah
Chloe Salaman
Anita
Charlotte Attenborough
Teasel
Michael Howe
Gustav
Andrew Seear
Arnold
Kate Fahy
Indiana
Frannie Parkes
Penelope
Michael Fitzgerald
Jasper
Edmund Dehn
Leader Writer
Russell Brook
Store Assistant
Fletcher Mathers
Brenda
Julia Wallace
Mrs Donald
Denise MacDonald
Jeannie
Jim Twaddale
Willie
Jackie Farrell
Tam
Finlay Welsh
Alec
Alex Howden
Neil
Mamie Stirling
Sarah
Stewart Ennis
Jim
Paul Samson
Scott
Patricia Ross
Janice
Chanel Stringfellow
Young Brenda
Subash Singh Pall
Clerk in Post Office
Nigel Hawthorne
John
Brenda Blethyn
Miss A
Karl Johnson
Charles
Griff Rhys Jones
Harry Clark
Laura Claire Duerden
Mary Clark
Benjie Lawrence
John Clark
Charlotte Coleman
Irene Blakely
Ian Hart
Christie
Adrian Murphy
Martin Kemp
Jake D'Arcy
Peter Taylor
Mary Ann Reid
Mrs Taylor
Al T. Kossy
Roy Brabham
James Culshaw
Griff
Louis Emerick
Bill
Jill Balcon
Magistrate
Duncan MacDonald
Robert Calder
David Campbell
Gordon Gunn
Del Henney
John Glidden
Clive Russell
Mowat
Jim Baxter
Self
Maggie MacRitchie
Secretary
Chris Connor
Furtive Man
Richard Cartledge
Tommy Glidden
Tommy Docherty
Ally McIntyre
John Murtagh
Willie Adamson
Aline Mowat
Mrs Calder
Pauline Thomson
Julie Glidden
Alan Tall
Vagrant
Harry Andrews
Arthur
Angela Down
Eve
Stephen Moore
Charlie
Quona Minster
Ella
Robbie Engels
Harry
Alexander Davion
Alan
Elizabeth Chambers
Alice
Geoffrey Whitehead
Maurice
Ann Curthoys
Madge
Jenny Twigge
June
Daniel Rodgers
Chris
Judy Sweeney
Linda
Louise Beattie
Gail
Ewan Stewart
Phil
Stephanie Fayerman
Karen
Andrew Robertson
Jim
Audrey Jenkinson
Jackie
Douglas Anderson
Paul
Kerry Arthur
Wendy
Hilary Maclean
Student
Marcus Railton
First Squaddie
Kenneth McFadyen
Second Squaddie
David Tennant
Third Squaddie
Kenneth Colley
DI Tennyson
Carol Drinkwater
Maggie
John Duttine
Tim
David Bradley
Harry
Lennox Greaves
Billy
Noel Collins
Ray
Sean Chapman
Danny
Elaine Donnelly
Christine
Lloyd McGuire
Jack
Peter Hughes
Mortimer
John Cunningham
Oswald
Simon James
DS Day
Richenda Carey
Ann
Peter Yapp
Peter
Matthew Hutchings
Thomas Rose
Lydia Hutchings
Tamsin Rose
Alison Gorton
Teddy's Secretary
Diana Rigg
Lydia
Joanna David
Elizabeth
Jon Finch
Finn
Robert Gwilym
Beuno
Cindy Holden
Angharad
Robert East
Wyn
Patricia Kane
Lil
Howell Evans
Sid
Moir Leslie
April
Anna Linstrum
Angharad (voice)
Miriam Margolyes
Laughter (voice)
James Convey
Pvt Jeg Ross
Eleanor Bron
Lady Elspeth MacIlvrae
Antony Sher
Capt Edmund Lambert
Margaretta Scott
Countess of Ardarroch
Geof Armstrong
Pvt Eric Charlton
Laurence McCann
Pvt Ebe Dickie
Ewan Marshall
Rifleman Stanley Fielding
Sheila Donald
Mrs Ross
Helena Gillies
Miss Rollo
Jim Brogan
Lance-Bombardier Jacky Hall
John Wilson-Goddard
Sgt Tyler
Dex Warren
Maule the Gardener
Sandra Voe
Sister McCabe
Jason Boyle
Gus
Fenella Kerr
Miss Christie
Ralph Riach
Father Maxwell
Brown Derby
Jardine
Colin Duthie
Colin
Peter Hull
Lofty
Brian Quinn
Brian
Garry Stewart
Shinton
Tam White
John McGuire
Ryan Quinn
Billy
Clare Grogan
Anne
Duncan Duff
Brian
Lynn Anderson
Betsy Hall
Angus MacInnes
Barney Bascoe
William Steel
Young John
Rachel Robertson
Young Betsy
Pip Donaghy
Martin
Aidan Gillen
Harry
Harold Innocent
Napoleon
Hilda Fenemore
Mrs Thackeray
Ivor Roberts
Mr Thackeray
Patrick Cremin
Businessman
Ian Bailey
Businessman
Bill McCabe
Barman
Chas Bryer
Barman
Geoffrey Greenhill
Pub Regular
Lewis George
Policeman
Stephen Morris
Violinist
Ian Carmichael
Bartholomew 'Chalky' White
Ronald Fraser
Timothy Apcar
Polly Hemingway
Nurse Nimmo
Rosanna Arquette
Sarah Weiss
David Suchet
Joe
Janet McTeer
Dr Juliet Horwitz
Bill Paterson
Alex McPherson
Ciarán Hinds
Martin Pitt
Roy Marsden
David Caesar
Tim Roth
Peter Pike
Imelda Staunton
Cheryl Newman
Jonny Phillips
Philip Colthard
Linda Henry
Carol Fairwater
Kenny Ireland
Norman Jarvis
Luke Hanson
Colin Skye
Suzan Sylvester
Rachel
Hugh Ross
John
Eilidh Alexander
Dawn
David Michaels
Will
Paul Stacey
Mike
Sharon Duce
Joan Glenn
Keith Marsh
Mr Jackson
Margery Mason
Mrs Jackson
Angela Douglas
Helen
Angela Morant
Sarah
Gabrielle Reidy
Gillian
David Jackson
Stan
Valerie Buchanan
Pat
Rachel Ogilvy
Ann
Edna Doré
Betty
Bert Parnaby
Bill
Leslie Sands
Tom
Patricia Kane
Mrs Betchley
Rod Culbertson
Supt Benson
Simon Oates
Politician
Richard Braine
Journalist
Freddie Earlle
Bus Driver
Kenneth Bryans
Assassin
Elspeth Cameron
Tom's Wife
Rachel Boyd
Girl in Chemist's Shop
John Matshikiza
Wycliffe Kato
Rudolph Walker
Kimumwe
Oke Wambu
Kasujja
John Adewole
Okech
Leo Wringer
Nambale
Eddie Nestor
Sendawula
Thomas Baptiste
Minawa
Ian Roberts
Joseph
Reginald Tsiboe
Kalibbala
Hepburn Graham
Chief SRB Man
Joy Elias-Rilwan
SRB Receptionist
Christopher Gilbert
SRB Driver
Valentine Nonyela
State Research Bureau Man
Tunde Babs
State Research Bureau Man
Christian Dixon
State Research Bureau Man
Stephen K. Amos
State Research Bureau Man
Jabu Mbalo
Military Guard
Raymond Johnson
Military Guard
Ilario Bisi-Pedro
Military Guard
Dorothy Brown
Woman Prisoner
Troy Fairclough
Prisoner
Andy Gray
Eddie
Elaine Collins
Eloise
Anne Downie
Mary
Ida Schuster
Gladys
Joseph Charles
Doctor
Colin Firth
Alan
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Chirsty
John Lynch
Rudy
Cathy Tyson
Julie
Wendy Morgan
Liz
Dexter Fletcher
Anthony
Jonathan Kydd
Neil
Dominique Atkins
Angelique
Bill Cashmore
Phil
Tina Deen
Amanda
Dan Strauss
Chef
Paula Tilbrook
Effie
Gordon Jackson
Jessop Brown