Ken Loach as Self - Film Director

Tony Garnett as Self - Friend and Producer

Nell Dunn as Self - Author, Up the Junction

Tony Selby as Self - Actor

David Bradley as Self / Billy

Paul Laverty as Self - Screenwriter

Rebecca O'Brien as Self - Producer

Hayley Squires as Self / Katie

Dave Johns as Self / Daniel

Alan Parker as Self - Film Director

Gabriel Byrne as Self - Actor

Ricky Tomlinson as Self - Actor

Crissy Rock as Self / Maggie Conlan

Jim Loach as Self

Cillian Murphy as Self - Actor

Chris Menges as Self - Cinematographer

Melvyn Bragg as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show

Sheila Hancock as Self - Actress

Carol White as Self (archive footage)

Jim Allen as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher as Self (archive footage)

Derek Malcolm as Self - Film Critic