Series credits
Cast & Crew
Play for Today
Meet the performers and creative team who brought this title to the screen.
Cast
20 credits
Nigel Hawthorne
Fulton, Graham, Jack, Major Lewis Rolfe, Morris Shelman, Police Captain, Stanek / Vanek
8 episodes
Liz Smith
Elfie, Keith's Granny, Mrs. Mathews, Mrs. Oxfam, Mrs. Pritchett, Mrs. Thornley
6 episodes
Bernard Hill
Bernard Blincoe, Edward, Eric, Graham, Mick, Simon Simpson, Sullivan
7 episodes
Alison Steadman
Jan Blincoe, Kay Pasmore, Nonie, Susan, Veronica
5 episodes
Malcolm Terris
Client, Jennings, Jim, Mr. Dowdeswell, Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital
5 episodes
June Brown
Brenda, Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital, Hilda, June, Melanie
5 episodes
Colin Douglas
Father, Jackson Arnott, Mr Leslie, Philips, Uncle Ernest
5 episodes
Tony Caunter
Alderman, Coxswain, Pinnock, Thomas Dwyer
5 episodes
Colin Jeavons
Dennis Turner, Donald Duck, Lytton, Neeley, Production Monitor
5 episodes
Frances Tomelty
Monagh, Nun, Polly, Ruby, Woman in the Ward
5 episodes
Julian Curry
Bill Rochester, Campion, Hooper, Jeremy Butler, Symington
5 episodes
Graham Ashley
Arthur, Barman, Jim Platt, Mr. Hutton
4 episodes
John Bird
Captain Wigmore, Desmond Hughes, Lord North, Raymond
4 episodes
Patrick Troughton
Judge Barnes-Ritchie, Malcolm, Victor Marsden
4 episodes
Trevor Peacock
Father Borrelli, Pearson, Sgt-Major Pusey, Sheldon
4 episodes
Phil Davis
2nd Youth (as Philip Davis), Kid, Mr. Destry, Post Office Clerk
4 episodes
Albert Moses
Airport worker, Altab Shahid, Gaoler, Huq
4 episodes
Dave Hill
Gerry Broadbent, Jehovah's Witness, Maurice, Terry
4 episodes
Rosalind Ayres
Annabel, Maureen, Rita, Turner
4 episodes
Elizabeth Spriggs
Alice Duckworth, Maggie, Olive James, Sonia Marsden
4 episodes
Crew
20 credits
Alan Clarke
Director
Barry Davis
Director
Brian Parker
Director
John Mackenzie
Director
Philip Saville
Director
Barrie Keeffe
Writer
Brian Clark
Writer
Colin Welland
Writer
Dennis Potter
Writer
Mike Leigh
Writer
Graeme MacDonald
Producer
Kenith Trodd
Producer
Carey Blyton
Composer
John Wyatt
Cinematographer
Remi Adefarasin
Cinematographer
Norman Matthews
Editor
Paul Willey
Editor
Robin Sales
Editor
Richard Wilmot
Production Design
Elizabeth Waller
Costume Design