Cast
Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross
Paul
Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Michele Austin
Dionne
Ron Cook
Stuart
Trevor Laird
Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell
Hortense's Brother
Emma Amos
Girl with Scar
Clare Perkins
Hortense's Sister in Law
Elias Perkins McCook
Hortense's Nephew
Jane Mitchell
Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice Acquah
Junior Optician
Keylee Jade Flanders
Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
Hannah Davis
First Bride
Terence Harvey
First Bride's Father
Kate O'Malley
Second Bride
Joe Tucker
Groom
Richard Syms
Vicar
Grant Masters
Best Man
Annie Hayes
Mother in Family Group
Jean Ainslie
Grandmother
Lucy Sheen
Nurse
Frances Ruffelle
Young Mother
Nitin Ganatra
Potential Suitor
Metin Marlow
Conjuror
Su Elliot
Raunchy Woman
Amanda Crossley
Raunchy Woman
Di Sherlock
Raunchy Woman
David Neilson
Man in Suit
Peter Waddington
Man in Suit
Peter Stockbridge
Man in Suit
Rachel Lewis
Graduate
Paul Trussell
Grinning Husband
Jonny Coyne
Fiance
Denise Orita
Uneasy Woman
Margery Withers
Elderly Lady
Gordon Winter
Laughing Man
Theresa Watson
Daughter
Peter Wight
Father in Family Group
Gary McDonald
Boxer
Alison Steadman
Woman with Dog
Liz Smith
Woman with Cat
Sheila Kelley
Fertile Mother
Angela Curran
Little Boy's Mother
Linda Beckett
Pin Up Housewife
Phil Davis
Man in Suit
Wendy Nottingham
Glum Woman
Anthony O'Donnell
Uneasy Man
Ruth Sheen
Laughing Woman
Mia Soteriou
Fiancee
Stephen Churchett
Man in Suit
Crew
Art
Alison Chitty
Production Design
Eve Stewart
Art Direction
Nick Orlande
Construction Manager
Hilly Benjamin
Assistant Art Director
Chris Allies
Title Designer
Nick Rose
Property Master
Costume & Make-Up
Christine Blundell
Makeup Artist
Allison Wyldeck
Costume Supervisor
Maria Price
Costume Design
Kirstin Chalmers
Assistant Hairstylist
Jacki Thomas
Wardrobe Assistant
Kirstin Chalmers
Assistant Makeup Artist
Directing
Jennie Osborn
First Assistant Director
Chris Rose
First Assistant Director
Josh Robertson
Second Assistant Director
Heather Storr
Script Supervisor
Zerlina Hughes
Third Assistant Director
Paula Spinks
Assistant Director
Mike Leigh
Director
Production
Simon Channing Williams
Producer
Phillip Kenny
Production Executive
Stephanie Faugier
Production Coordinator
Paddy Stern
Casting
Sarah Trowse
Assistant Accountant
Will Tyler
Production Accountant
Georgina Lowe
Production Supervisor
Mark Mostyn
Location Manager
Susie Parriss
Casting
Sound
Peter Maxwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mick Boggis
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ted Swanscott
ADR Mixer
George Richards
Sound Recordist
Derek Lomas
Dialogue Editor
Andrew Dickson
Original Music Composer
Orin Beaton
Boom Operator
Ted Swanscott
Foley Mixer
Derek Holding
ADR Editor
George Richards
Sound Recordist
William Trent
Foley Editor
Loveday Harding
Boom Operator
Writing
Mike Leigh
Writer