Christine Bottomley as Lisa Thompson

Manjinder Virk as Lorraine Dunbar

Natalie Gavin as The Girl

George Costigan as Jimmy 'The Wig'

Monica Dolan as Ann Hamilton

Neil Dudgeon as Steve Saul

Jimi Mistry as Yousaf

Robert Emms as Young David

Kate Rutter as The Mother

Danny Webb as Max Stafford-Clark / The Father

Matthew McNulty as Andrew Dunbar

Kathryn Pogson as Pamela Dunbar

Jonathan Jaynes as David Dunbar

Lizzie Roper as Kathy Dunbar

Liam Price as Billy

Robert Haythorne as Fred

Parvani Lingiah as Young Lorraine Dunbar

Gary Whitaker as Himself

Jamie Timlin as Himself

Kulvinder Ghir as Rafee

Moey Hassan as Bus Conductor

Josh Brown as Policeman

Andrea Dunbar as Self (archive footage)