Tom Wilkinson

as David Hanratty

Ronald Pickup

as Brian Silcott

Stephen Tompkinson

as Jeremy Craig

Emily Mortimer

as Amanda Ellis

Peter Wingfield

as Dominic Casement

Michael Hordern

as Lord Langland

Geoffrey Whitehead

as Chief Constable Christie

John Fortune

as Prime Minister

Celia Imrie

as Victoria Bridgewater

Julian Fellowes

as Sir Mortimer Fawkes

Michael Fenton Stevens

as John Bentley

William Hoyland

as Arthur Hare

Trevor Cooper

as Landlord

Jason Barry

as Vince Mawhinney

David Sterne

as Ricky Dorrell

Andy Hamilton

as Eddie

Susannah Hitching

as Inspector Lisa Sutcliffe

Rory Bremner

as Voice Over