Play for Today

Elizabeth Dawn

Enid

James Greene

Det. Sgt. Gregg

Donald Pickering

Angus Nash

Tom Georgeson

Adler

Susan Fleetwood

Pamela Redman

Stephanie Cole

Dr. Monday

Noel Collins

Johnny

Betty Alberge

Mum

Julia Watson

Nurse

Jack Shepherd

William Waite

Ronald Pickup

Richard Massingham

Bill Fraser

Edward Waite

Christine Buckley

Winnie

John Alderson

Audrey's Husband

Kathy Proctor

Social Security Clerk

David Bradley

Policeman

David Swift

Councillor Bass

Geoffrey Palmer

Detetective Chief Inspector Harris

Allan Surtees

Mr. Newman

Ursula Howells

Sarah Chandler

Patsy Rowlands

Miriam

Maria Charles

Rita Green

Noel Coleman

Dr. Ernest Farman

Michael Brennan

Aggressive Man (uncredited)

David Waller

Gowran Cripper

Mary Peach

Elizabeth

Ian Holm

Alexei

Nigel Havers

Harman

Thorley Walters

Old Wedding Guest

Julian Sands

Groom

Annette Crosbie

Catherine

Donald Douglas

James Macleod

Richard O'Sullivan

Whiteley

Harry Landis

Solly

Tessa Wyatt

Jane

Rosemary Leach

Rita

Ronald Lacey

Mr. Lang

Stephen Rea

Shay

Michael Golden

Meikle

Tim Woodward

Storyteller

Gemma Jones

Anna Firth

Michael Lees

Man from Wimbledon

Pat Wallis

Flo

Marguerite Hardiman

Mary

Bill Gavin

Brian

Jenny Donnison

Carole

Michael Carter

1st Youth

Phil Davis

2nd Youth (as Philip Davis)

Mark Wingett

3rd Youth

Richard Vernon

Mr. Price

Peggy Aitchison

Lil, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'

Freda Dowie

Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'

Tony Melody

Harry Shoe

Bernadette Shortt

Midge

Denis Lawson

Felix

Jane Lapotaire

Kim

Lynne Frederick

Nikki

Benedict Taylor

Ben

Pippa Guard

Ada

Trevor Ray

Alaric

Sylvia Coleridge

Great Aunt Mavis

Jean Trend

Helda

Timothy Davies

Jim Bone

Roger Hammond

Victor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'

Anthony Dawes

Man in Car

Lori Wells

Sandra

Maureen Callaghan

Helen

Robin Davies

Simon Elkinson

Robert Booth

Keith

Andrew Beaumont

Kevin

Christine Mountain

Lorraine

John Comer

George

Paul Luty

Terry

Judi Bowker

Emma Elkinson

Marjorie Yates

Audrey

John Welsh

Philip Hucknell

Jeffrey Segal

Counsel, at Public Hearing

Ray Brooks

Raymond Collis

Tony Selby

Stan

Patrick Newell

Mr. Nesbitt

David Griffin

Carl Morgan

Joanne White

Singer

Bill Maynard

Harry

Rosemarie Dunham

Rene

Ted Carroll

Mate

Desmond Llewelyn

Official in Dream

Richard Briers

Mr. Smythe

Gerald Sim

Carter

Brian Wilde

Tod

Adrienne Corri

Elinor Barkham

Vladek Sheybal

Hans Weider

Tony Steedman

Sir Henry Barkham

Clive Morton

Sir Andrew Manton QC

Michael Feast

Tim

Margo Andrew

Isabella

Michael Byrne

Russell

Helen Mirren

Angela

Robin Ellis

John

Donald Gee

Dr. Whitehead

Simon Chandler

Nicky

Margaret Mason

''The Trevor Preston Duo''

Timothy West

Mark Childers

Colin Welland

Willie

Rupert Davies

Bartley Humbolt

Connie Booth

Lee-Ann Good

Michael Elphick

Peter

Kiffer Weisselberg

Miles

Katharine Blake

Cynthia McKenna

Sylvia Kay

Doris Muddiman

Robin Phillips

Luke

Thomas Baptiste

Norman

Anna Carteret

Carol

Richard Pearson

Alfred

Amanda Reiss

Ethel

Rachel Kempson

Mrs. Anderson

Alison Leggatt

Geraldine

Edward de Souza

The Friend

Phyllida Law

The Wife

Angela Scoular

The Girl

Richard Morant

Conrad McKenna

Angharad Rees

April Cotton

John Barrett

Billy

Julian Holloway

John

Dudley Foster

Darkly

Stanley Lebor

Robin

Edward Woodward

The Man

Joanna Van Gyseghem

Joanna

Alan Webb

Herbert

Sharon Duce

Joyce

Gordon Rollings

Oxfam

Barbara Atkinson

Aunt Darnley

Leon Sinden

Miles Darnley

John Joyce

Barman

Barrie Fletcher

Chauffeur

John Junkin

Jack

Arthur Kelly

Barney

Wendy Hiller

Daisy - Lady Carlion

Penelope Wilton

Virginia Carlion

Rosalind Adams

Rose

Louise Jameson

Stella

Ben Cross

Simon

Barbara Flynn

Monica Potter

John Duttine

Keith Nicholson

Larrington Walker

Ernest

Margaretta Scott

Magistrate Terris

Nick Stringer

Terry

Jeremy Sinden

Roddy

Trevor Peacock

Sgt-Major Pusey

William Morgan Sheppard

Harry Cowper

Suzanne Burden

Lindsey Carlion

Frank Mills

Ashford

John Owens

Speaker of the House of Commons

Harry Fielder

Ruffian

Anne Kristen

Mrs. Galt

Angus Lennie

Minister

John G. Heller

''Vampire''

George Cole

Mr. Newbold

Brian Pettifer

Boy in Grounds

Norman Rossington

Jack Burnshaw

Terence Rigby

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham

Jeremy Kemp

Reader, Kuznetsov's 'Prison Diaries' (voice)

Denyse Alexander

Sylvia Rose

Nigel Stock

Arthur Palmer

Avril Elgar

Christine Reynolds

Frank Gatliff

Phillips

Jimmy Gardner

Summers

Rita Davies

Matron

Gillian Barge

Marrianne Webb

Liam Neeson

Him

John Alderton

Paul Clements

Ken Hutchison

Macey

Deborah Fairfax

Girl / Miss Benson

Peter Barkworth

Richard Elkinson

Sheila Gish

Jane Elkinson

Jan Waters

Sarah

Eve Pearce

Louise / Mrs. Hutton

Stephanie Turner

Gillian Otway / Jane

Colin Farrell

Daniel / Vicar

Alan Rowe

Frank King / Ministry Official

Anita Carey

Jill / Sharon

Saeed Jaffrey

Gurjeet Singh Khera / Merchant

Hal Galili

Patient / The Hit

Karl Howman

1st Policeman / Geoffrey

Leonard Rossiter

Arthur

Pat Heywood

Beatrice

David Threlfall

Robert

Lesley Manville

Vivienne

John Grillo

The Vet

Charles Lamb

Grandad

Liz Crowther

Doctor

Patrick Magee

Caleb Line

Caroline Blakiston

Esther / Josie

Margery Mason

Celia's Mother / Maud

Martin Shaw

Brian

Hildegard Neil

Diana

Tom Chadbon

Len

Bernard Hepton

Derek

Maggie Jones

Nance

Maurice Roëves

Ted Hardin

Richard Pasco

Maurice Stapleton

Anne Reid

Eileen Morris

André Morell

Sir Geoffrey Wolf

Tony Haygarth

Neighbour

Pauline Quirke

Eleanor

Leo McKern

Horace Rumpole / Sir Frederic Carlion

Janine Duvitski

Audrey / Vera

Donald Pleasence

Gerry Muddiman / Samuel Johnson

Bert Palmer

Len / Old Man

Ian Gelder

Andrew Patterson / Steve Riches

Anthony Hopkins

Alexander Tashkov

Caroline Langrishe

Jane Winters

Warren Mitchell

Moss

James Bolam

Husband

Ian Hogg

Arne

Bernard Hill

Bernard Blincoe / Edward / Eric / Graham / Mick / Simon Simpson / Sullivan

Colin Jeavons

Dennis Turner / Donald Duck / Neeley

Doreen Mantle

Julia Branston / Mary Hunter / Mother

Michael Gambon

Max / Piers / Robin

Barbara Young

Greta / Maggie / Typing Pool Supervisor

Joss Ackland

Albert / Ellis Cripper / Malcolmson

Gerard Ryder

Clive Bates / Forcett / Hotel Manager

Stephen Moore

Farley-Smythe / Leslie Potter / Simon Hulse

Michael Graham Cox

David Pond / Wally Edge / Willie de Salis

June Brown

Brenda / Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital / Hilda

Bryan Pringle

Henry / Nelson

Nigel Hawthorne

Graham / Major Lewis Rolfe

Liz Smith

Elfie / Keith's Granny / Mrs. Mathews / Mrs. Oxfam / Mrs. Pritchett / Mrs. Thornley

Malcolm Terris

Jennings / Jim / Mr. Dowdeswell / Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital

Graham Ashley

Arthur / Barman / Jim Platt / Mr. Hutton

John Bird

Captain Wigmore / Desmond Hughes / Lord North / Raymond

Alison Steadman

Jan Blincoe / Nonie / Veronica

James Hazeldine

Chris / Patrick

Peter Firth

Arsenic / Dominick Hide

John Challis

Victor Mintell

Frances de la Tour

Marcia / Maria Waite

Amanda Barrie

Anne

Paul Freeman

Willie

Michael Kitchen

Alan / Dick Foster

Tony Caunter

Alderman

Christopher Villiers

Doctor

Frank Windsor

Ex-W.O. Higham / Tom Fisher

Georgine Anderson

Helen Childers / Mrs. Franklin

Patrick Troughton

Victor Marsden

George Pravda

Nikolay Tashkov

Carmen Silvera

Sra Constanza

Maurice O'Connell

1st Policeman at Southend

Sydney Tafler

Mr. Leo Crowley

Linda Robson

Teenage Girl

Iain Cuthbertson

Barnum

Hywel Bennett

Tony

Roy Boyd

The Other Man

Warren Clarke

Alfred / Narrator

Patsy Smart

The Cleaner

Bob Hoskins

Blake / Woodbine

Fulton Mackay

Dr. Leafer

John Woodvine

Penitent

Sarah Sutton

Little Lavinia

Philip Latham

Dr Millham

Elisabeth Sladen

Jo

Aubrey Morris

Headmaster

Ralph Richardson

Jack

Elizabeth Spriggs

Sonia Marsden

John Hurt

Alec Cassell

Alan Bennett

Denis Midgley

Royston Tickner

Usher

Kim Hartman

Receptionist

Morag Hood

Mary Hulse

Simon Rouse

Blakeney

Roger Avon

Chauffeur

Christopher Benjamin

Mr Porter

Jim Broadbent

Mr. Horsfall

Colin Douglas

Philips

Brian Capron

Tony

John Salthouse

Bus Conductor

Martin Boddey

Mr. O'Brien

Derek Martin

Security Guard

Floella Benjamin

Solicitor's Clerk

Harriet Philpin

Kate

Helen Fraser

Joyce Midgley

Jon Morrison

Bunny

Tom Bell

Michael Biddle

Tim Curry

Glen

Anna Cropper

Elizabeth Carter

Sue Vanner

Clare

David Smith

Ronnie Warboys

Peter Marshall

Maggie's Son

Alec McCowen

Percy

John Atkinson

Reverend J. Franklin

Billy Connolly

Jody

Sheila Kelley

Janice

Jennie Hesselwood

Mrs. Arne

Eric Richard

Stan

Julie Walters

Valery (Night Nurse)

Lorraine Brunning

Tina

Kay Stonham

Hazel

Tim Barker

Harold

Su Elliot

June

Frances Barber

Melody

Sheila Allen

Veronica

William Simons

Doctor

Roy Kinnear

Roderick Major

Thora Hird

Olive Major

Bruce Purchase

Jake

Philip Locke

O'Neil

Nicholas Ball

John Arnott

Paul McGann

Norman

Nick Tate

Steve Jackson

Eric Porter

Stanley Wilkinson

Edward Hardwicke

Gareth

Kenneth Colley

Bruce Tetley

Ron Moody

Harry

Joan Hickson

Mother

Brenda Bruce

Madge

Alun Armstrong

1st Docker

Moray Black

Sixth Former

Pam St. Clement

Connie

Richard Beckinsale

Michael Robson

Bob Peck

Joe Pike

David Daker

Terry

Albert Moses

Airport worker

Roger Sloman

Joe

Sheila Hancock

Ellen

John Bryans

Magistrate

George Lazenby

David Adler

Terry Molloy

Clarence

John Cater

Norman

John Franklyn-Robbins

Shales

Arnold Diamond

Andrews

Spencer Banks

Stephen

Leslie Dwyer

Alec's Father

George A. Cooper

Ashcroft

John Gielgud

Harry

Geoffrey Hughes

Derek

Derek Fowlds

Hartley

Stephen Greif

Gerry

Timothy Spall

Gordon

George Sewell

Father

Georgina Hale

Fran

Michael Sheard

Conrad Tucker

David Neal

Dr. Ackerly

Patrick Stewart

The Man

Vivian Pickles

Beth Bailey