Tom Wilkinson

as David Hanratty

Neil Pearson

as Tom Peel

Diana Kent

as Alison Hanratty

Helen Baxendale

as Ruth Clarke

Douglas Henshall

as Clive Colville

James Fleet

as Prime Minister

Clive Russell

as Mick Boyd

Meera Syal

as Reporter

Jonathan Cullen

as Michael Hilton

James Ellis

as Andrew Carson

Rosemary Martin

as Janet Pearce

Andy Hamilton

as Daily Comet Editor

Paula Jacobs

as Madam Speaker

Geoffrey Whitehead

as Asst. Chief Constable Turpin

Julian Fellowes

as Sir Mortimer Fawkes

Norman Bird

as Grandfather

Tony Gardner

as TV Interviewer

Moray Hunter

as Down and Out

Carolyn Pickles

as Returning Officer

Helena McCarthy

as Old Lady

Bill Wallis

as Local Party Leader

Bill Thomas

as Boozer McGill

Mark Benton

as Ambulance Man

Sophie Dix

as Ambulance Woman

Jonathan Stratt

as Policeman

Jasper Jacob

as Liberal Democrat