Patricia Routledge as Hetty Wainthrop

Tony Melody as Robert Wainthrop

Jimmy Jewel as Frank Cross

Jean Heywood as Edith Cross

Gary Waldhorn as Bernard Shawcrose

Gary Halliday as Geoffrey Shawcross

Ram John Holder as Chalky White

Jean Kent as Phillida Meadowhite

Janet Allen as Mrs. Lilium

Andrew Paul as Photographer

Jenna Russell as Jan

Julie Foy as Madge

Cathy Underwood as Beryl Lilium

Matthew C. Vaughan as Hairdresser

Nigel Collins as Betting Shop Manager

Fran O'Shea as Betting Shop Assistant

Maureen Lunt as P.C. Alice

Rosemary Hirst as Myra

Emma Garner-Clarke as Sheila

Deborah Fairfax as TV Interviewer

David Credell as Postman

Joyce Kennedy as Neighbour

Philip Wright as P.C.

Judith Scott as P.C.

Susie Hawthorne as Young Edith

Carolyn Dewhirst as Young Hetty

Tom McGill as Young Frank

Mary Wray as Edith's Mother

Luke Branagan as Man In Betting Shop