Screen One

Alfred Molina

Harry Greaves / Lionel Ellerman / Tadeusz Melnik / Tony Hancock

Mark Chapman

Cameraman (uncredited) / Frank / Joe Black

Julie Walters

Alice / Diana Longden / Pat

Denis Lawson

Bernard / Victor Grace

Keith Barron

Commander Jack Bentham / McAlister

Alun Armstrong

Det Supt Frank Burroughs / Evans

Michael Gough

Mr. Maggs

Demetri Jagger

Dennis

Timothy West

Derek Blore / Geoffrey Cowper

Steven Mackintosh

Sean Bennett / Simon

Sian Thomas

Aileen Armitage / Judith Cole

Sean Bean

Gabriel Lewis / Jack Morgan

Geraldine James

Alice / Mrs. Dewey

Rowena King

Mariella / Roberta Ford

Thora Hird

Deric's Mother / Jim's Mother

Leslie Phillips

Johnny / Viscount Osgood

Juliette Caton

Fern / Rifka Klein

Lauren Bacall

Lisa

Alec Guinness

Amos

Leo McKern

Cyril

Edward Herrmann

Ralph

John Randolph

Waldo

Geraldine Chaplin

Beverly

Dorothy Grumbar

Matron

Jeanne Moreau

Angelique

Keira Knightley

Angela

Chris Lang

Frederickson

John Pirkis

Male Journalist (as John Duval)

Nigel Gregory

TV Director

Mary Duddy

Mary Woolley

Bob Peck

James

Samantha Bond

Sue

Lesley Nightingale

Lyn

Dudley Sutton

Deputy Commissioner Sir Harry Streeter

Keith Allen

Det Supt Alan Horsfell

Tracie Hart

Marsha Ellerman

Georgia Mitchell

Sharon

P.H. Moriarty

Anthony James May

Michael Kitchen

Bill English

Corinne Dacla

Anna

Ethna Roddy

Linda

Michael Quill

Reg

Jacob Krichefski

Norman

Maggie O'Neill

Bernadette Woolley

Paul Brooke

Lilliwhite

Jill Baker

Priscilla Blore

Adrian Edmondson

Phil Burke

Alison Steadman

Jackie Johns

Christopher Fulford

Tony Lash

Edwina Currie

Edwina Currie

Nigel Planer

Paul Hocking

Kate Buffery

Jane Bligh

Yvonne Bryceland

Dr. Frankenstein

Guy Faulkner

Edgar

Oliver Ford Davies

James Acheson

Paul Collins

Doug

Lee Ross

Phil

Charlotte Coleman

Ros

Sandi Toksvig

Woman in Job Centre

Andrew Tiernan

Dog

Judi Dench

Anne

Michael Williams

Kevin

Sally Bretton

Jenny

Marina Sirtis

Maria

Mark Jefferis

Terry

Γιώργος Ζένιος

Spiro

George Malpas

Uncle Tom

James Bolam

Glyn

George Sewell

Friedrich

Jean Anderson

Molly Cowper

Nerys Hughes

Betty Trinder

Elizabeth Spriggs

Eileen Blackett

Phyllis Logan

Dora

Marjie Lawrence

Mrs. Jackson

Derrick O'Connor

Clifford

Diana Rayworth

Mrs. O'Nolan

Frances Barber

Freddie Hancock

Mel Martin

Cicely Hancock

Malcolm Sinclair

John Le Mesurier

Judith Scott

Laura Sims

James Wilby

Michael Evans

Pippa Hinchley

Julie

Bill Maynard

George Trout

Geoffrey Hutchings

Carwyn Phillips

David Thewlis

Tim Shanks

Charlie Drake

Lionel

Griff Rhys Jones

Patrick

Penny Downie

Sheila

Dermot Crowley

Simon

Celia Montague

Marie Morgan

Janet McTeer

Adult Claudie

Susan Brown

Mrs. Tribbly

Lenny Henry

Stevie 'Smudger' Smith

Robbie Coltrane

Liam Kane

Annabelle Apsion

Marie

Geff Francis

Barry Serradilla

Jane Horrocks

Gail

Hakeem Kae-Kazim

Jerome

James Fox

Sir Anthony Blunt

Edward de Souza

Collins

Geoffrey Palmer

Donleavy

Jason Flemyng

Colin

Prunella Scales

H.M.Q.

Peter Davison

Dr. Stephen Daker

Joanna Kanska

Grete Grotowska

Adam Przedrzymirski

Tomasz

Trevor Peacock

Reynard Krapowski

Jo Bates

Michelle Brown

Don S. Davis

Bill Stevens

Alex Bruhanski

Chuck O'Donnell

Eve Barker

Roxanne Reddy

John Abineri

Archie

Christopher John Hall

Maurice Knight

Martin Shaw

Chief Supt. Mike Barclay

Iain Glen

Commander Powell

David Morrissey

DC Norman Mills

Ray Winstone

Charlie Brett-Smith

Fraser James

Benny Soares

Steven Waddington

Murray Ritchie

Tom Bell

Jack Travis

John Bardon

Billy

Peter Bowles

George Grant

Michael Byrne

Clitheroe

Adrian Rawlins

Michael Mitchum

James Fleet

James Grahame

Alan Bates

Henry Sitchell

Michael Culver

Mr. Gervaise

Sue Roderick

Ruby

Alphonsia Emmanuel

Col

Hywel Bennett

Ralph

Jill Gascoine

Vivien Empson

Jack Shepherd

Blake

Roger Lloyd Pack

Gordon

Jim Broadbent

Deric Longden

Billy Connolly

JoJo Donnelly

Ewan Stewart

Mick

Rab Affleck

Bungalow

Minnie Driver

Sally

Caroline Goodall

Mandy

Dawn French

Elaine Dobbs

Rosemary Leach

Mary

Joan Sims

Daisy Potter

Christien Anholt

Gary Warrell

Jayne Ashbourne

Lisa

Martin Short

Harrison Kilray

Julian Glover

Farquharson

Bill Paterson

PC Howard Mullen

Warren Mitchell

Samuel Singer

John Bowe

DCI Percy Reynolds

Brian Bovell

DS Ibbotsen

David Jason

Billy Mac

Tim Pigott-Smith

Hubert

Brenda Blethyn

Gwen

Georges Corraface

Jean-Paul

John McArdle

Harry

Sophie de La Rochefoucauld

Nicole

Orlando Urdaneta

Luis

Samuel West

Lt. Charles Thoroughgood

Patrick Drury

Maj. Anthony Hamilton-Smith

Alexander Armstrong

Capt. Henry Sandy

Jake Wood

LCpl. Stagg

Richard Griffiths

Brian Beazely

Victoria Wood

Margaret

Celia Imrie

Clare

Deborah Grant

Stella

Kim Cattrall

Sydnie

Claire Skinner

Linda

Christopher Ellison

Vince

Jonny Lee Miller

Charlie Dyce

Sarah-Jane Potts

Myra

John Simm

Cecil

Charlotte Rampling

Sonya Davies

Trevor Eve

Malcolm Iverson

Jane Wymark

Aerobics Teacher

Anna Massey

Rosemary

Barry Jackson

Ted Sangster

Paul Barber

Earl Preston