Brenda Blethyn as Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Hortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spall as Maurice Purley

Phyllis Logan as Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook as Roxanne Purley

Lee Ross as Paul

Lesley Manville as The Social Worker

Elizabeth Berrington as Jane

Michele Austin as Dionne

Ron Cook as Stuart

Trevor Laird as Hortense's Brother

Brian Bovell as Hortense's Brother

Emma Amos as Girl with Scar

Clare Perkins as Hortense's Sister in Law

Elias Perkins McCook as Hortense's Nephew

Jane Mitchell as Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)

Janice Acquah as Junior Optician

Keylee Jade Flanders as Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)

Hannah Davis as First Bride

Terence Harvey as First Bride's Father

Kate O'Malley as Second Bride

Joe Tucker as Groom

Richard Syms as Vicar

Grant Masters as Best Man

Annie Hayes as Mother in Family Group

Jean Ainslie as Grandmother

Lucy Sheen as Nurse

Frances Ruffelle as Young Mother

Nitin Ganatra as Potential Suitor

Metin Marlow as Conjuror

Su Elliot as Raunchy Woman

Amanda Crossley as Raunchy Woman

Di Sherlock as Raunchy Woman

David Neilson as Man in Suit

Peter Waddington as Man in Suit

Peter Stockbridge as Man in Suit

Rachel Lewis as Graduate

Paul Trussell as Grinning Husband

Jonny Coyne as Fiance

Denise Orita as Uneasy Woman

Margery Withers as Elderly Lady

Gordon Winter as Laughing Man

Theresa Watson as Daughter

Peter Wight as Father in Family Group

Gary McDonald as Boxer

Alison Steadman as Woman with Dog

Liz Smith as Woman with Cat

Sheila Kelley as Fertile Mother

Angela Curran as Little Boy's Mother

Linda Beckett as Pin Up Housewife

Phil Davis as Man in Suit

Wendy Nottingham as Glum Woman

Anthony O'Donnell as Uneasy Man

Ruth Sheen as Laughing Woman

Mia Soteriou as Fiancee

Stephen Churchett as Man in Suit