Patricia Routledge
— Hetty Wainthrop
Tony Melody
— Robert Wainthrop
Jimmy Jewel
— Frank Cross
Jean Heywood
— Edith Cross
Gary Waldhorn
— Bernard Shawcrose
Gary Halliday
— Geoffrey Shawcross
Ram John Holder
— Chalky White
Jean Kent
— Phillida Meadowhite
Janet Allen
— Mrs. Lilium
Andrew Paul
— Photographer
Jenna Russell
— Jan
Julie Foy
— Madge
Cathy Underwood
— Beryl Lilium
Matthew C. Vaughan
— Hairdresser
Nigel Collins
— Betting Shop Manager
Fran O'Shea
— Betting Shop Assistant
Maureen Lunt
— P.C. Alice
Rosemary Hirst
— Myra
Emma Garner-Clarke
— Sheila
Deborah Fairfax
— TV Interviewer
David Credell
— Postman
Joyce Kennedy
— Neighbour
Philip Wright
— P.C.
Judith Scott
— P.C.
Susie Hawthorne
— Young Edith
Carolyn Dewhirst
— Young Hetty
Tom McGill
— Young Frank
Mary Wray
— Edith's Mother
Luke Branagan
— Man In Betting Shop