Play for Today
Overview
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Cast

Nigel Hawthorne
Jack / Fulton / Stanek / Vanek / Morris Shelman / Police Captain / Graham / Major Lewis Rolfe

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

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

Alison Steadman
Veronica / Susan / Nonie / Jan Blincoe / Kay Pasmore

Malcolm Terris
Jennings / Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital / Client / Jim / Mr. Dowdeswell

June Brown
Hilda / Melanie / June / Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital / Brenda

Colin Douglas
Mr Leslie / Uncle Ernest / Father / Jackson Arnott / Philips

Tony Caunter
Thomas Dwyer / Pinnock / Coxswain / Alderman

Colin Jeavons
Donald Duck / Dennis Turner / Lytton / Neeley / Production Monitor

Frances Tomelty
Monagh / Woman in the Ward / Ruby / Nun / Polly

Julian Curry
Symington / Bill Rochester / Hooper / Campion / Jeremy Butler

Graham Ashley
Barman / Mr. Hutton / Arthur / Jim Platt
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John Bird
Lord North / Captain Wigmore / Raymond / Desmond Hughes

Patrick Troughton
Victor Marsden / Malcolm / Judge Barnes-Ritchie

Trevor Peacock
Sheldon / Father Borrelli / Pearson / Sgt-Major Pusey

Phil Davis
Post Office Clerk / 2nd Youth (as Philip Davis) / Mr. Destry / Kid

Albert Moses
Altab Shahid / Airport worker / Gaoler / Huq

Dave Hill
Jehovah's Witness / Terry / Gerry Broadbent / Maurice

Rosalind Ayres
Turner / Rita / Maureen / Annabel

Elizabeth Spriggs
Alice Duckworth / Olive James / Sonia Marsden / Maggie

Gwyneth Strong
Carol / Linda / Penny Shepherd / Anne

James Greene
John / Det. Sgt. Gregg / Clergyman No. 2 / Dr. Blair

Stanley Lebor
Derek / Major-Domo / Robin / Waiter

Leonard Rossiter
Arthur

James Ellis

James Hazeldine
Chris / Patrick

Kenneth Branagh
Patsy Smart
Customer / The Cleaner

Peter Firth
Arsenic / Dominick Hide

Paul Copley
Andy

Doreen Mantle
Mother / Mary Hunter / Julia Branston

Michael Gambon
Robin / Piers / Max

Geoffrey Palmer
Jack Buckett / Detetective Chief Inspector Harris

Frank Finlay
Dearth

Barbara Young
Maggie / Typing Pool Supervisor / Greta

Michael Byrne
Russell / Bruce

Joss Ackland
Ellis Cripper / Malcolmson / Albert

Ian Hogg
Arne / Les Cannon
Gerard Ryder
Clive Bates / Hotel Manager / Forcett

George Pravda
Weiss / Nikolay Tashkov

Fulton Mackay
Dr. Leafer / Thomas - Celia

Pauline Quirke
Tessa / Ann / Eleanor

Stephen Moore
Farley-Smythe / Simon Hulse / Leslie Potter

Warren Clarke
Stevens / Narrator / Alfred

Michael Graham Cox
Willie de Salis / David Pond / Wally Edge

Richard Pasco
Dean / Maurice Stapleton / Alan Berry

Colin Farrell
Daniel / Vicar / Ralph

Simon Rouse
Blakeney / John Hansen / Chris

Margery Mason
Celia's Mother / Mrs. Miller / Maud

Jeremy Kemp
Roderick Bagley / Reader, Kuznetsov's 'Prison Diaries' (voice) / Tony Lyle

Bob Hoskins
Woodbine / Blake / Taxi Driver

Caroline Langrishe
Jane / Jane Winters / Jill

Karl Howman
Jerry Jackson / 1st Policeman / Geoffrey

Thora Hird
Aunt KItty / Olive Major / Doris

Edward Hardwicke
Gareth / Paediatrician / Brinson

George A. Cooper
Lionel / Frank Palmer / Ashcroft

Saeed Jaffrey
Rafiq / Gurjeet Singh Khera / Merchant

Roger Hammond
Fowler / Doctor / Victor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'

Richard O'Callaghan
Clive / Mike / Tortoiseshell

Frank Mills
Ashford / Mr. James / Hampshire

Zena Walker
Mary Purser / Dr. Barbara Moore / Lavinia

Barbara Flynn
Jill / Monica Potter / Margaret Hanson

Constance Chapman
Mops / Marie Goodliffe / Marion

Freda Bamford
Mrs. Vigo / Vera Lambert

John Duttine
Stone / Jimmy Walker / Keith Nicholson

Donald Douglas
Ronald - Celia / Robert Walsh / James Macleod

John Challis
Victor Mintell / Stutterer (voice) / Harry

Julian Holloway
Dennis Saunders / Jake Summers / John

Alan Ford
Sgt. / Mr. Chancer

Tariq Yunus
Jashir Singh Mahail / Raji / Anand

Dinsdale Landen
Peter / David Purser / Charles

Bill Paterson
Archie MacLean / McChuckemup / Texas Jim etc / Luke

Peter Cellier

Gareth Thomas

Amanda Barrie
Anne

Linda Robson
Teenage Girl

Iain Cuthbertson
Barnum

Hywel Bennett
Tony

Roy Boyd
The Other Man

Peter Sallis

Sydney Tafler
Mr. Leo Crowley

Maurice O'Connell
1st Policeman at Southend

Carmen Silvera
Sra Constanza

Paul Freeman
Willie

Billy Connolly
Jody

Christopher Villiers
Doctor

Frances de la Tour
Maria Waite / Marcia

John Woodvine
Penitent
Elizabeth Dawn
Enid

Deborah Fairfax
Girl / Miss Benson

Michael Kitchen
Alan / Dick Foster

Patrick Magee
Caleb Line
Hal Galili
Patient / The Hit

Peter Barkworth
Richard Elkinson

Sheila Gish
Jane Elkinson

Jan Waters
Sarah

Nigel Havers
Harman

Helen Mirren
Angela

Frank Windsor
Ex-W.O. Higham / Tom Fisher

Georgine Anderson
Helen Childers / Mrs. Franklin
Eve Pearce
Mrs. Hutton / Louise
Stephanie Turner
Jane / Gillian Otway

Anita Carey
Sharon / Jill

John Salthouse
Bus Conductor / Andrews

Alan Rowe
Ministry Official / Frank King

Alun Armstrong
Mr Briggs / 1st Docker

Stephen Greif
Joe / Gerry

Kenneth Colley
Frank Benyon / Bruce Tetley

Bryan Pringle
Nelson / Henry

Caroline Blakiston
Esther / Josie

Benjamin Whitrow
Tom

Lesley Dunlop
Sue

Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole / Sir Frederic Carlion

Janine Duvitski
Audrey / Vera

Nicholas Ball
John Arnott / Terry

Denis Lawson
Felix / Snare

Jim Broadbent
Mr. Horsfall / Mr. Champing

Anthony Hopkins
Alexander Tashkov / Bob Goodliffe

Jack Shepherd
William Waite / Wallace Pidgeon

David Neal
Dr. Ackerly / Walter Dodds

Susan Fleetwood
Pamela Redman / Janet Morton

Bruce Purchase
Goff / Jake

John Normington
Dr. Simpson

Stephen Rea
Peter / Shay

Donald Pleasence
Samuel Johnson / Gerry Muddiman

Ian Gelder
Andrew Patterson / Steve Riches

Bert Palmer
Old Man / Len

Stephanie Cole
Dr. Monday / Enid

Timothy Spall
Detective Sergeant Baxter / Gordon

Bernard Hepton
Derek / Fisher

Maurice Roëves
Bill - A Time to Keep / Ted Hardin

Alan Webb
Herbert / Mr. Osmond

David Bradley
Communist Speaker / Policeman

Christopher Benjamin
Rabbi / Mr Porter

Sylvia Kay
Judge / Doris Muddiman

Pippa Guard
Ava / Ada

Phyllida Law
The Wife / Joan

David Burke
Cardinal Volponi

Nigel Stock
Coade / Arthur Palmer

Cheryl Hall
Vangi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'

Jean Heywood
Mrs Kay / Mrs. Brown

Tony Melody
Harry Shoe / Detective

John Barrett
Billy / Tiger

Anna Cropper
Elizabeth Carter / Norah Palmer

Clive Swift
Air Steward / Savory
Anne Kristen
Ella Burns / Mrs. Galt

Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Sarah / Marjorie Berry
Gerry Cowper
Mandy / Rowena

Angharad Rees
April Cotton / Lady Caroline

Rachel Kempson
Louisa / Mrs. Anderson

Allan Surtees
Mr. Newman / Harry Edmunds

Paul Shane
Georgie / Moffa
Jamila Massey
Sister Kapoor / Dr. Bannerjee
David Waller
First Lord A.V. Alexander / Gowran Cripper

Charles Dance
Colin / Captain John Truman
Noel Collins
Prison Warder / Johnny

Larrington Walker
Jeff / Ernest

Richard Wilson
Abercrombie / Consultant

Rita Davies
Matron / 1st Policewoman

Terence Rigby
Bernard / William Pitt, Earl of Chatham

Gwen Watford
Susan / Jo
Roger Booth
Holland / Frank

Richard Briers
Commander Jack Broome / Mr. Smythe

Connie Booth
Ginny / Lee-Ann Good

Donald Gee
Dr. Whitehead / Dr. Sillitoe

Avril Elgar
Grace / Christine Reynolds

Priscilla Morgan
Sylvia / Jean Goodliffe

Mick Ford
Frank

Geoffrey Chater
Mr. Calder / Philip Hartley

Jimmy Jewel
Mr. Pasmore / George Harley - England 1980

Anthony Bate
Roland Jeffries / Warren

Dearbhla Molloy
Judith / Fidelma

Thomas Baptiste
Norman / Mr. King

Sarah Badel
Alice Pike / Alice Dearth
Joseph Brady
Jim McLeod / Duncan Brewster

Peter Eyre
Noran / Trevor

Elizabeth Sellars
Annabel Fox / Mrs. Coade

Jim Norton
Jack Parry / The Detective Sergeant

George Innes
Ticket Collector / Alfie
Shreela Ghosh
Dilshad / Amina

Perry Fenwick
Andy / Tommy

Paul Rogers
Jan Citron / Peter
Geoffrey Leesley
Father / Police Constable

Kenneth Cranham
Alan Grieves / Tom

Michael Stainton
Personnel Manager / Tom

David Kelly
Mark / The Judge

Rowena Cooper
Sybil Broome / Mrs. O'Brien
Alec Sabin
Brian / Alec
Wolfe Morris
Schnorrer / Mr. Somper
Natalie Kent
Flag Seller

Hugh Fraser
Will Langley / Musician

Kenneth MacDonald
School Teacher / John
Jan Wilson
Nancy / Bella

Laurence Payne
Weaver

John Thaw

Warren Mitchell
Moss

Jennifer Daniel

Tony Haygarth
Neighbour

Dinah Sheridan

André Morell
Sir Geoffrey Wolf

Janet Munro

John Le Mesurier

Brian Cant

Martin Shaw
Brian

Hildegard Neil
Diana

Tom Chadbon
Len

Alastair Sim

Maggie Jones
Nance

Anne Reid
Eileen Morris

James Bolam
Husband

Sarah Sutton
Little Lavinia

Roy Kinnear
Roderick Major

Brenda Bruce
Madge

Jan Francis

Don Henderson
Bart Allison
Moray Black
Sixth Former

Pam St. Clement
Connie

Angela Pleasence

Michael Bilton

Richard Beckinsale
Michael Robson

Bob Peck
Joe Pike

David Daker
Terry

Vernon Dobtcheff

Geoffrey Hinsliff

Joan Hickson
Mother

Brenda Fricker

Ron Moody
Harry

Ray Winstone

Alan Lake

Michael Crawford

Philip Locke
O'Neil

Patricia Routledge

Lynn Farleigh

Paul McGann
Norman

Nick Tate
Steve Jackson

Steven Berkoff

Eric Porter
Stanley Wilkinson

James Fox

Patrick Godfrey

Roger Sloman
Joe

Sheila Hancock
Ellen

Derek Fowlds
Hartley

George Sewell
Father

Georgina Hale
Fran

Michael Sheard
Conrad Tucker

Terence Bayler

Hilda Braid

Patrick Stewart
The Man

Charles Gray
Oxlade

Geoffrey Hughes
Derek

John Gielgud
Harry

Gerard Murphy
John Bryans
Magistrate

Terry Molloy
Clarence
Michael Barrington

George Lazenby
David Adler

John Cater
Norman

John Franklyn-Robbins
Shales

Arnold Diamond
Andrews

Spencer Banks
Stephen

Tim Preece

Leslie Dwyer
Alec's Father

Vivian Pickles
Beth Bailey

David Jackson

Myra Frances

Freddie Jones

William Simons
Doctor

Danny Webb

Philip Latham
Dr Millham

Graham Crowden

Christopher Ryan

Brian Capron
Tony

Martin Boddey
Mr. O'Brien

Lynda La Plante

Max Adrian

Dandy Nichols

Derek Martin
Security Guard

John Woodnutt

Lynne Perrie

Floella Benjamin
Solicitor's Clerk

Hilary Mason

George Sweeney

Roger Avon
Chauffeur

Donald Sumpter

Morag Hood
Mary Hulse

Rhys McConnochie

Elisabeth Sladen
Jo

Rupert Everett

Aubrey Morris
Headmaster
John Scott Martin

Noel Johnson

Ralph Richardson
Jack

Anton Rodgers

Cyril Cusack

John Hurt
Alec Cassell

Daragh O'Malley

Alan Bennett
Denis Midgley

John Carson

Jo Rowbottom

Julian Glover

Mona Washbourne

Bernard Archard

Royston Tickner
Usher

Kim Hartman
Receptionist

Robert Brown

Harriet Philpin
Kate

John Nettleton

Peter Jeffrey

Celia Gregory

David Spenser
Jennie Hesselwood
Mrs. Arne

Helen Fraser
Joyce Midgley

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Julie Walters
Valery (Night Nurse)

Eric Richard
Stan
Lorraine Brunning
Tina

Kay Stonham
Hazel

Tim Barker
Harold
Su Elliot
June

Frances Barber
Melody

Sheila Kelley
Janice
John Atkinson
Reverend J. Franklin

Tim Curry
Glen

Tom Bell
Michael Biddle

Jon Morrison
Bunny

Sue Vanner
Clare

John Bett
Sellar / Government Spokesman etc
David Smith
Ronnie Warboys

Peter Marshall
Maggie's Son
Pat Heywood
Beatrice

David Threlfall
Robert

Lesley Manville
Vivienne

John Grillo
The Vet
Charles Lamb
Grandad

Liz Crowther
Doctor

Alec McCowen
Percy
Sheila Allen
Veronica

Marguerite Hardiman
Mary

Jane Lapotaire
Kim

Lynne Frederick
Nikki

Benedict Taylor
Ben
Trevor Ray
Alaric
Sylvia Coleridge
Great Aunt Mavis

Jean Trend
Helda
Timothy Davies
Jim Bone
Bernadette Shortt
Midge
Bill Gavin
Brian

David Griffin
Carl Morgan

Jenny Donnison
Carole

Michael Carter
1st Youth

Mark Wingett
3rd Youth

Richard Vernon
Mr. Price
Peggy Aitchison
Lil, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'

Freda Dowie
Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'

Anthony Dawes
Man in Car
Jeffrey Segal
Counsel, at Public Hearing

Ray Brooks
Raymond Collis

Tony Selby
Stan

Patrick Newell
Mr. Nesbitt
Joanne White
Singer

John Welsh
Philip Hucknell

Judi Bowker
Emma Elkinson

Robin Davies
Simon Elkinson

Bill Maynard
Harry

Rosemarie Dunham
Rene

Marjorie Yates
Audrey
Lori Wells
Sandra
Maureen Callaghan
Helen
Robert Booth
Keith
Andrew Beaumont
Kevin
Christine Mountain
Lorraine

John Comer
George
Paul Luty
Terry
Ted Carroll
Mate

Pat Wallis
Flo
Christine Buckley
Winnie

John Alderson
Audrey's Husband
Kathy Proctor
Social Security Clerk
David Swift
Councillor Bass
Ursula Howells
Sarah Chandler

Bill Fraser
Edward Waite

Ronald Pickup
Richard Massingham

Donald Pickering
Angus Nash

Tom Georgeson
Adler
Betty Alberge
Mum

Julia Watson
Nurse
Patsy Rowlands
Miriam

Maria Charles
Rita Green

Harry Landis
Solly

Tessa Wyatt
Jane

Rosemary Leach
Rita

Ronald Lacey
Mr. Lang

Michael Golden
Meikle

Tim Woodward
Storyteller

Gemma Jones
Anna Firth

Richard O'Sullivan
Whiteley

Annette Crosbie
Catherine

Noel Coleman
Dr. Ernest Farman

Michael Brennan
Aggressive Man (uncredited)

Mary Peach
Elizabeth

Ian Holm
Alexei

Thorley Walters
Old Wedding Guest

Julian Sands
Groom

Michael Lees
Man from Wimbledon

Desmond Llewelyn
Official in Dream

Gordon Rollings
Oxfam

Margaretta Scott
Magistrate Terris
Nick Stringer
Terry

Jeremy Sinden
Roddy

William Morgan Sheppard
Harry Cowper

Ben Cross
Simon

Louise Jameson
Stella
Rosalind Adams
Rose
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
Suzanne Burden
Lindsey Carlion

Frank Gatliff
Phillips

Jimmy Gardner
Summers
Gillian Barge
Marrianne Webb

Liam Neeson
Him

John Alderton
Paul Clements
Denyse Alexander
Sylvia Rose

John Owens
Speaker of the House of Commons
Harry Fielder
Ruffian

Angus Lennie
Minister

John G. Heller
''Vampire''

George Cole
Mr. Newbold

Brian Pettifer
Boy in Grounds

Norman Rossington
Jack Burnshaw

Ken Hutchison
Macey

Sharon Duce
Joyce

Simon Chandler
Nicky
Margaret Mason
''The Trevor Preston Duo''

Timothy West
Mark Childers

Rupert Davies
Bartley Humbolt

Colin Welland
Willie

Michael Elphick
Peter

Robin Ellis
John

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
Kiffer Weisselberg
Miles

Katharine Blake
Cynthia McKenna

Richard Morant
Conrad McKenna

Dudley Foster
Darkly

Edward Woodward
The Man

Angela Scoular
The Girl

Edward de Souza
The Friend

Joanna Van Gyseghem
Joanna

Robin Phillips
Luke
Anna Carteret
Carol

Richard Pearson
Alfred
Amanda Reiss
Ethel

Alison Leggatt
Geraldine

Robert Urquhart
Vic

Bryan Marshall
Bill Huntley

Christine Hargreaves
Joan Huntley
Julie Britton
Maggie Huntley

Lesley Mackie
Alison

David Hayman
Alec

Norman Eshley
Dave Osmond

Patricia Brake
Meriel Osmond

Gwen Taylor
Sally Brown

John Flanagan
Mike Thurlow

Michael Elwyn
Reynolds

John Collin
Terry

Tom Kempinski
George Timmins

Alexander Knox
The Judge
Harriet Harper
Nita Hill

Caroline Mortimer
Maggie

Robert Lang
Edward Morris

Andrew McCulloch
Tom

Barbara Ferris
Wife

Katya Wyeth
Redhead

Celia Johnson
Mrs. Palfrey

John Bindon
Jumbo

Yolande Turner
Lady Chatterley

Stephen Murray
Mr. Richardson

Isabel Dean
Mrs. Richardson

Neil Wilson
Arthur

Freddie Fletcher
Bernie

Norman Rodway
Sir Dominic

John Barrie
Edwin
Cliff Norris
Bib
Ronnie King
Plug
Peter French
Monkey
Paul Stuart
Lips

Ron Smerczak
Joel
Belinda Low
Martha Pidgeon

Milton Johns
Evelyn de Plume
Joan Haythorne
May Tashkov

Rachel Roberts
Olwen

Doreen Keogh
Mother
Eve Belton
Clare

Liam Redmond
Giles

Gillian Taylforth
Mavis

Joanna Dunham
Zoe Lyle

Bridget Armstrong
Claire Buckett
Leon Gluckman
Joel Carlson
Alton Kumalo
Herman Ja Toivo

Lois Daine
Jean

Jane Lowe
Norma

Andrew Ray
Clive Avon

Paul Dawkins
Alfred Bagley

Roger Lloyd Pack
Sidney Bagley

Susan Penhaligon
Lucy Bagley

John Lyons
Phillip
Susan Tracy
Glenda

Derrick O'Connor
Albert

Godfrey James
Len
Susan Glanville
Wife

Frederick Treves
Chief

Tony Robinson
Matthews
Neil Phillips
Bob

Tim Healy
Phil

David Dixon
Ozzie

Candace Glendenning
Annabel
Reginald Stewart
Ches

Jeffery Kissoon
Sonny

Phil Daniels
First Youth

Tony Britton
Freddie

Robin Bailey
Bertie

Angela Down
Daphne

Kate Nelligan
Hilary

John Stride
Michael Otway

Deborah Fallender
Stevie
John Fowler
Jimmy

Lionel Murton
Frank

Jennifer Hilary
Davina / Lady Caroline

Martin Jarvis
Sir Fergus / Sir James
Tom Marshall
Peter

Miriam Margolyes
Veronica
Elizabeth Estensen
Susan

John Kani
George O'Brien

Mona Hammond
Zazie

John Matshikiza
Henry

Norma West
Sandra

Sylvestra Le Touzel
Sally

Gerard Kelly
Donal

Gregor Fisher
Georgie
John Pennington
Doctor

Sherrie Hewson
May

Alan Tilvern
Richard Devizes

Joe Lynch
Slacey
Peter Moran
Stu
Paul Moran
Davey
Tommy White
Dingo

Suzan Farmer
Fay Cooper
Jon Laurimore
Mike Hargreaves
John Grieve
MacDougall

Iain Lauchlan
George

Jennie Linden
Josie

Mark Burns
Ramage

Garry Cooper
Billy

Mary Healey
May

Constantine Gregory
Lev Bulansky

Vincent Marzello
American Executive

Donal McCann
Big Jim Collins

Johnny Murphy
Kevin Collins
Margaret Kelly
Katie

Penelope Horner
Fiona Dunkerley
Matthew Stradling
Matthew Hulse
Paula Tilbrook
Ida Arnott

William Tarmey
Slaughterer
Arthur Lovegrove
Wally

Queenie Watts
Lilian
Jonathan Newth
Andrew Pelham
Michael Chesden
Germanou

Sally Anne Newton
Janina Pelham

Edward Burnham
Judge

Terry Scully
Stan

Joyce Redman
Meg Citron

Simon Cadell
Fowler

Jeffry Wickham
Maybank

Philip Jackson
Colin Pasmore

Pat Roach
Man in Street

Fred Pearson
Jack

Deborah Grant
Louise Day

Susan Porrett
Miss Cataclysm

Paola Dionisotti
Kay

Paul Brooke
Mornington

George Harris
Martin Sebela
Dorian Ford
Jude

James Laurenson
Dick

Gabrielle Lloyd
Constantia

Shirley Stelfox
Mrs Smith
Gillian Martell
Mrs Porter

Peter Egan
Purdie

Joanna David
Mabel Purdie
Andrew Fell
George Harley - Spain 1936

David Suchet
Reger
Susan Kodicek
Olga Cannon
Meg Davies
Kate
Lyndam Gregory
Roy

Patricia Garwood
Leela
Ishaq Bux
Amina's Father

Frank Olegario
Wedding Lawyer

Gary Olsen
Youth

Phyllis Logan
Nancy Park

Susan Littler
Mary
John Harding
Paul
Bill Stewart
Doctor

George Roubicek
Pieter
Nigel Humphreys
Stuart

Lee Montague
Interrogator
Ron Delta
Ron Ollershaw
Johnny Leeze
Jim
Bill Lund
Les

Jacqueline Tong
Deb

Bill Nighy
Dave

George Costigan
Nolan

Imogen Bickford-Smith
Kerry
Derek Anders
Malcolm
Frances Low
Lesley

Pierce Brosnan
Dennis

Colette O'Neil
Lil

Paul Daneman
Frank

Rosemary Martin
Christine
Debbie Wheeler
Louise

Sarah Collier
Fran

Caroline Guthrie
Patty
Mark Botham
Kevin

Kenneth Farrington
Wally

Julie Peasgood
Kath
Philip Freeman
Billy
Ian Davies
Adrian
Joanna McBride
Lectric
Antony Brown
Jack

Pete Lee-Wilson
Scarface

Nicholas Lyndhurst
Policeman

Anthony Higgins
Oscar

Dave King
Jack Ives

Arthur English
Albert
Keith Jayne
Wayne

Frank Middlemass
Josh Adkins

Nicholas Frankau
Adam Blackwood
Robert Burbage

Cassie Stuart
Susan
Eva Griffith
Jenny

Gary Beadle
Victor

Eleanor Bron
Camilla

Gary Raymond
Michael

Rosalie Crutchley
Laura
Leonard Preston
Peter Lester

Caroline Quentin
Receptionist at Songstack
Ann Scott-Jones
Jean McLeod
Joe Mullaney
Willy McLeod

Charlotte Cornwell
Jill
Simon Dutton
Ben

Jenny Runacre
Peach

Elaine Lordan
Girl (Stella Estelle)

Claire Gordon
Sadie

Stefan Kalipha
Ali

Michael Gough
Professor Burrows

Donald Churchill
Tony Goodliffe

Ian Richardson
Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

Robert Flemyng
Sir Charles
Nadia Hamman
The Sheika Fatima

Raad Rawi
Ahmed
Benjamin Feitelson
Kerim

Jacob Witkin
The Sheik
Daphne Heard
Mrs. Merridew

Brian Cox
Dr. Gillespie

Jean Marsh
Madeleine Walsh

Niall Tóibín
The Defence Counsel

Erik Chitty
Mr. Cawser

Gilly Flower
Non-speaking extra (uncredited)

Ann Beach
Morag

Brian Hall
Towler

Kenneth Cope
Drill Sergeant

Paul Angelis
Conroy

Steve Sweeney
Jason

Anne Jackson
Helene Hanff
Ann Penfold
Cecily

Michael Aldridge
John Bourke-White

Pete Postlethwaite
Danny Duggan
Ronald Forfar
'Costello The Second'

Diana Payan
2nd Policewoman

Robbie Coltrane
Jimmy

Sarah Marshall
American Woman Don

Tim Pigott-Smith
Consul Vogel
Josephine Welcome
Fay

Tim Wylton
Malcolm

William Russell
Don

David Graham
Bruno
Peter Spraggon
Prison Officer

Alan Dobie
Martin Ellis
Stanley Lebor
Yossel

Maurice Colbourne
John Kline

Philip Martin
Rawlinson

David Hargreaves
David

Charles Kay
C.A. Brunston, Q.C.

Maggie Ollerenshaw
Staff Nurse

Stephen Churchett
Dr Lacey
April Walker
Sylvia

John Phillips
Examining Judge

John Abineri
Schroeder

William Squire
Arnold

Arthur Pentelow
Frank

Amanda Walker
Madge
Ruddy L. Davis
Ruebens

Robert James
Spence - Celia

Michael J. Jackson
Joe

Edna Doré
Mrs. Clark

Clive Revill
John Fennel

Michael Mellinger
Karl

Jonathan Coy
Lotterby

Gawn Grainger
Tim Forrest

Brian Protheroe
Hans

Geraldine James
Miss Hunt

Nicola Wright
Ruth Broom

Andy Bradford
Rob
Cyril Cross
Peter
Robin Wentworth
Wellbeloved

Peter Kerrigan
Eddie

Bill Dean
Billy
T-Bone Wilson
Frank Davies

Clarke Peters
Stevie

Belinda Lang
Girl in Bath

Patricia Hayes
Edna

Barbara Jefford
Josie, of 'Jesus Saves'
Geraldine Sherman
Trudi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'

Kate Williams
Teresa, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
John Trigger
Graham, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'

Walter Sparrow
Common Lodging House Proprietor

June Watson
Attendant, at The Spike
Denis Carey
Doctor, at The Spike

Jerry Verno
Old Man, at The Spike
Rex Rashley
Old Man, at The Spike
Amelia Bayntun
Jessie, a Tramp
Douglas Ditta
Social Security Clerk
Enys Box
Attendant in Canteen
Chris Gannon
Tramp
Talfryn Thomas
Tramp

Charles Farrell
Tramp

Vivian MacKerrell
Tramp
Pat Nye
Irene at Common Lodging House
Marie Conmee
Paddy at Common Lodging House
Jenny Logan
Doris, on the Road
Elaine Mitchell
Social Security Official

John Hussey
Psychiatrist
Jumoke Debayo
Staff Nurse, in Psychiatric Hospital
Jo Maxwell Muller
Nina, Young Girl, in Psychiatric Hospital

Keith Marsh
Porter, in Psychiatric Hospital
Eamonn Boyce
Proprietor of Lodging House
James Cairncross
Rogo at Charitable Institution
Virginia Snyders
Bed Ticket Proprietor
Alex Marshall
Social Security Clerk
James Walker
Social Security Clerk

Norman Lumsden
Magistrate, in Magistrates Court
Mark Moss
Policeman, in Magistrates Court
Julian Herington
Clerk, in Magistrates Court

Merelina Kendall
Nun
David Garth
Defence, at Public Hearing

George Belbin
Chairman, at Public Hearing

Ronnie Masterson
Neighbour, at Public Hearing
Maggy Maxwell
Neighbour, at Public Hearing
Bartlett Mullins
Neighbour, at Public Hearing

Anna Massey
Radio Voice

Rhoda Lewis
Second Social Worker

Sam Kydd
Tom Brannigan

Harry Towb
Sash Walker

Ivor Roberts
Henry
Richard Hampton
Geoff

Mary Jackson
2nd Nurse
David Maclennan
Crofter etc
Dolina MacLennan
Singer etc
Elizabeth MacLennan
Lady Phosphate etc
Timothy Martin
Queen Victoria etc

Alex Norton
Lord Vat / Singer etc
Allan Ross
Fiddle / Music Man etc

John McGrath
Writer / Director
Charles Kearney
Sellar

James Cosmo
Loch
Stuart Mungall
Husband
Terry Cavers
Wife
Iain Glas
MacLeod
David Steuart
Judge

Kenneth Benda
Duke of Sutherland
Kevin Collins
Old Man

Carolyn Pickles
Jill

Paul Barber
Malleson

Michèle Winstanley
Julie
Wendy Hamilton
Nurse

Virginia Wetherell
Christine

Souad Faress
Samya

Harriet Walter
Cathy Raine
Jo Ross
Margot

Debbie Farrington
Actress

Dennis Waterman
Bobby
- Rating source
- TMDB
- Keywords
- #anthology, #based on play or musical















