Gabriel Byrne as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen

Greta Scacchi as Nina Beckman

Denholm Elliott as Vernon Bayliss

Ian Bannen as Dennis Markham

Fulton Mackay as Victor Kingsbrook

Bill Paterson as Jack Macleod

David Calder as Harry Champion

Frederick Treves as Arnold Reece

Robbie Coltrane as Leo McAskey

Steven Woodcock as Steven Dyce

Graham Fletcher-Cook as Mickey Parker

Annabel Leventon as Trudy Markham

Alexei Jawdokimov as Dietrich Kleist

Danny Webb as Danny Royce

Prentis Hancock as Frank Longman

Michael Johnson as Humphrey Channing

Mark Tandy as Philip Henderson

Nicholas Coppin as 1st Newsroom Deputy

Veronica Duffy as 2nd Newsroom Deputy

David Hatton as Picture Editor

Laurance Rudic as Charlie

Philip Whitchurch as Cuttings Librarian

Beverly Anderson as Newscaster

David Lyon as Political Pundit

Pip Miller as Police Sergeant Ross

David Halliwell as Remand Centre Screw

John Rees as Minister at Funeral

Ravinder Singh Reyett as Club Doorman

Noel Johnson as Club Member

Hubert Rees as Club Waiter

Oliver Ford Davies as Anthony Clegg

George Ellis Jones as DCS Catterick

James Fleet as Ministry Man

Vass Anderson as Strick

Lyndon Brook as Pugh

William Job as Hilton

Al Matthews as First US Controller

Daniel Foley as Second US Controller

Barbara Coles as Third US Controller

John Cannon as Greenmont Detention Centre Officer