cast
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Kenneth Cranham
Peter / Joe Shawcross
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Jack Shepherd
Paul / Malcolm Sloman
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Gawn Grainger
Brian / Jeremy Hayes
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Harry Andrews
Arthur
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Stephen Moore
Charlie
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Geoffrey Whitehead
Maurice
- Anne Kristen Audrey
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Janet McTeer
Dr Juliet Horwitz
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Roy Marsden
David Caesar
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Tim Roth
Peter Pike
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Bill Paterson
Alex McPherson
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Imelda Staunton
Cheryl Newman
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Ciarán Hinds
Martin Pitt
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Kenny Ireland
Norman Jarvis
- Luke Hanson Colin Skye
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Linda Henry
Carol Fairwater
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Jonathan Kells Phillips
Philip Colthard
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Tam White
John McGuire
- Ryan Quinn Billy
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Clare Grogan
Anne
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Duncan Duff
Brian
- William Steel Young McGuire
- Rachel Robertson Young Betsy Hall
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Angus MacInnes
Barney Bascoe
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Lynn Anderson
Betsy Hall
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Ian Carmichael
White
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Ronald Fraser
Apcar
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Polly Hemingway
Nurse Nimmo
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David Suchet
Joe
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Rosanna Arquette
Sarah
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Pip Donaghy
Martin
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Aidan Gillen
Harry
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Harold Innocent
Napoleon
- Hilda Fenemore Mrs Thackeray
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Ivor Roberts
Mr Thackeray
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James Fox
Nick Verney
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Lindsay Duncan
Gutrune Day
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Ciaran Madden
Catherine
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Michael Keating
Charlie
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Andrew Keir
John Tagg
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Oliver Cotton
Andrew Ford
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Nigel Hawthorne
John
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Brenda Blethyn
Miss A
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Karl Johnson
Charles
- Duncan MacDonald Robert Calder
- David Campbell Gordon Gunn
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Diana Rigg
Lydia
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Elaine Paige
Betty
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Joanna David
Elizabeth
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Jon Finch
Finn
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Robert Gwilym
Beuno
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T. P. McKenna
Michael Flynn
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Maurice Roëves
Jack Lawrence
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David Calder
Douglas
- Tim Brierley Jimmy Dunne
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Marsha Hunt
Elvi Rogers
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Antony Sher
Captain Edmund Lambert
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Susan Wooldridge
Lady Alice Napier
- James Convey Private Jeg Ross
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Eleanor Bron
Lady Elspeth MacIlvrae
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Sandra Voe
Sister McCabe
- Laurence McCann Private Ebe Dickie
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Tom Watson
Jock McGinn
- Fletcher Mathers Brenda
- Julia Wallace Mrs Donald
- Denise McDonald Jeannie
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Richard Wilson
Max
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Martin Cochrane
Murray
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Frederick Warder
Ferdi
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Alex McCrindle
Wilf
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Tony Roper
Bruce
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Katy Murphy
Ishbel
- Stuart Davids Michael
- Suzan Sylvester Rachel
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Edna Doré
Betty
- Bert Parnaby Bill
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Leslie Sands
Tom
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Simon Oates
Politician
- Richard Brain Journalist
- Rod Culbertson Superintendent Benson
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Mark Lewis Jones
Constable Davis
- Kenneth Bryans Assassin
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Phyllis Logan
Andrea
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Hugh Ross
John
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David Michaels
Will
- Sharon Duce Joan Glenn
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Margery Mason
Mrs. Jackson
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Angela Douglas
Helen