- Sue Johnston - Helga Allowby
- Anne Reid - Hilda
- Philip Martin Brown - Philip Hoskins
- Kate Lonergan - Dawn Halliwell
- Andrew Barrow - Dean Scholes
- Ian Burfield - Martin Kenyon
- Judy Flynn - Paula Kenyon
- Dominic Hecht - Mose
- Rachel Lumberg - Sonia
- Liz Hume Dawson - Flower Shop Assistant
- Ronnie Stevens - Mr Cullimore
- Linda Broughton - Mrs Garbet
- Barbara Keogh - Beryl Pacey
- John Pickles - Jim Pacey
- Stephen Tomlin - John Winterton
- Kate Rutter - Janet Bransby
- Nick Bayly - Ben Harrow
- Susan Porrett - Joyce Parmby
- Colin Meredith - Harold Skimmer
- Ian Kershaw - Kev Haycroft
- Jennifer Hennessy - Cheryl Wright
- Kate Layden - Maurika Rome
- Matyelok Gibbs - Grace Todd
- Cherith Mellor - Amy Bartlett
- Tabitha Wady - Sara Rome
- Sarah Blackburn - 'Wendy' Freeman
- Rupam Maxwell - Daniel Rome
- Anne Hornby - D.S. Angela Gatting
- Ian Kelly - Rev. Peter Hodgkin
- Joanna Dickens - Elsie Jackman
- Laurence Richardson - Ben Trevor (uncredited)
- Mel Martin - Dawn Langley
- Jonathan Coy - Doug Arkwright
- Frederick Treves - Col. Forbes-Jones
- Emily Hamilton - Caroline Langley
- Ben Pullen - Lt. Thomas Watkinson
- Joe Caffrey - Jake Vincent
- Geoffrey Wilkinson - Hotel Porter
- Lesley Dunlop - Moira Pridwell
- Paul Slack - Thomas Escombe
- Robert Perkins - Jack Duckett
- Neil Finnighan - Stuart Pridwell
- Vivienne Moore - Ivy
- Jacqueline King - Connie
- Richard Brinkmann - Craig
- Linda Spurrier - Noreen Bainbridge
- Geoff Tomlinson - Fred Butterworth
- Tom Georgeson - Harry Carter
- Dinah Stabb - Ella Parsons
- Hugh Dickson - James Carter
- Lesley Staples - Mrs Ford
- Carmela Marner - Gianetta
- Joseph Long - Guido
- Peter Kelly - Mr Gabriel
- Tony Barton - Loan Shark
- Miranda Bell - Principal
- Nigel Betts - Betting Shop Manager
- Andrew Livingston - Ambo
- Maxine Peake - Photocopy Assistant
- Rebecca Raybone - Courier
- Will Tacey - Clergyman
- Gwenllian Davies - Lottie
- Gwyneth Powell - Marian Horner
- Eamon Boland - Mr Lister
- Diana Bishop - Mrs Lister
- Rebecca Callard - Hannah
- Nigel Pivaro - Constable Pearce
- Sally Ann Matthews - Tracey
- David MacCreedy - Alan
- Lisa Riley - Lilian
- Rodney Litchfield - Taxi Driver
- Lloyd McGuire - Reg
- Roger Morlidge - Ian
- Ann Rye - Landlady
- Johnny Maxfield - Todd
- Jane Cox - Aileen
- Amanda Loy-Ellis - Geraldine
- Chris Brailsford - Sergeant Wood
- Josh Moran - Hotel Guest
- Christine Cox - Salvation Army Captain
- Tom Harrison - Caretaker
- Keith Barron - Gordon Gregson
- Jean Heywood - Enid Weston
- Geoffrey Leesley - Brian Weston
- Ian Curtis - Adrian Atherton
- Richard Syms - Rev. Toft
- Veda Warwick - Lilian Cardwell
- Jacki Webb - Stella Cardwell
- Angela Lonsdale - Jackie
- Alan Hulse - Garage Foreman
- Lorraine Sass - Hoskins's Secretary
- Jane Lowe - Alice Baynes
- Emma Cunniffe - Chrissie
- Alan Partington - Stanley
- Amanda Walker - Miss Apthwaite
- Paul Gibbon - Damien
- Bobby Knutt - Caravanner
- Tricia Ford - Caravanner
- Elizabeth Morgan - Mrs. Parry-Jones
- Rita May - Supermarket Shopper
- Richard Mapletoft - Mr. Nygate
- Ron Meadows - Alec
- Daphne Oxenford - Mrs. Willoughby
- Daphne Oxenford - Mayoress
- Daryl Fishwick - Motel Receptionist
- Norman Mills - Mr. Brown
- Damian Myerscough - Wayne
- Andrew Readman - Mary's Nephew
- James Greene - Sir Peter
- Sarah Thurstan - Secretary
- Irene Skillington - Landlady
- Jane Danson - Gerry
- Gregory Chisholm - Dominic
- Ken Kitson - Sergeant Smith
- Beatrice Kelley - Fishmonger
- John Webber - Biker
- Steven Arnold - Courier
- David Bower - Malcolm Stone
- Alan Rothwell - Dr. Fisher (voice)
- Alan Rothwell - Peter Stone
- Ray Ashcroft - Steve Lennox
- Valerie Lilley - Joan Stone
- David Hargreaves - Picture Editor
- Philippa Howell - Rosemary Lennox
- Surendra Kochar - Garage Attendant
- David Fleeshman - Immigration Officer
- Claire Quigley - Lizzie
- Eamonn Riley - Stone's Neighbour
- Stephen Anderson - P.C. Green
- Kim Phương - Penipha
- Henry Alexander Kelly - Leonard
- Matthew Scurfield - Oliver Hardiman
- Margot Leicester - Annie Mosscrop
- Tyler Butterworth - Freddy Slater
- Gordon Wharmby - Albert Slater
- Alan David - Bill Jason
- Angela Richards - Glenda Jason
- John Middleton - Simon Letby
- Anna Niland - Beverly Prendergast
- Michelle Butterly - Rita Locheed
- Rod Arthur - Les Maynard
- Anthea Holloway - Edna Leeson
- Iain Rogerson - Bernard
- Morag Siller - Susan
- Colin MacLachlan - Gerald Putman
- Gabrielle Blunt - Molly Putman
- John Normington - Mayor Makepeace
- Polly Hemingway - Brenda Makepeace
- Susan Bovell - Jessie Mann
- Romy Baskerville - Doris Lavery
- Sally Adams - Clare
- Ina Clough - Bessie
- Poppy Miller - Susie
- Matthew Mills - Steve
- Ronald Pickup - Lester Rose
- Janet Hargreaves - Gillian Snape
- Katherine Dow Blyton - Kelly
- Peter Gunn - Bryan
- Barbara Dryhurst - Lysette
- Joan Sims - Adele McCarthy
- Freddie Davies - Sidney Sturridge
- Gordon Langford Rowe - William Pollard
- Judith Davis - Ida Wittle
- Joe Belcher - Arnold Wittle
- Laura Crossley - Wendy
- Rachel Davies - Myra
- Amelia Bullmore - Karen
- Maxine Burth - Ruth
- Sarah Flind - Noreen
- Rosalind Adams - Angie
- Chris Hargreaves - Gary
- Tim Dantay - Peter Parmenter
- Irene Sutcliffe - Helen Rance
- Jennifer Moss - Lavinia
- Lill Roughley - Maureen O'Callaghan
- Darren Tighe - Lenny Thornber
- Paul Popplewell - Frank Starling
- Alicya Eyo - Trisha Grice
- Alan Halsall - David Hartley
- Mary Larkin - Shirley Griffin
- Bill Fellows - Stan Griffin
- Ian Thompson - Arthur Griffin
- William Whymper - Mr. Thornber
- Dinah Handley - Mrs. Thornber
- Catherine Terris - Claire Pilger
- Meryl Hampton - Sandra Smith
- Badi Uzzaman - Uncle Mo
- Nasser Memarzia - Jamir Assan
- Mamta Kaash - Rokeya Assan
- Imran Ali - Abdul Assan
- Dev Sagoo - Yussuf Assan
- Avin Shah - Aziz Ahmed
- Kiran Hocking - Music Teacher
- Kriss Dosanjh - Radio Taxi Controller
- Vivien Heilbron - Lillemor Pickering
- George Costigan - Wallace Pickering
- Callum Dixon - Liam Pickering
- Terence Budd - Ken Kavanagh
- Andrew-Lee Potts - Shane Broderick
- Siobhan Finneran - Peggy Rainford
- Richard Huw - Malcolm Rainford
- Joe Roberts - Tom Rainford
- Tim Preece - Mr Cavendish
- William Ilkley - Mr Watts
- Karl Haynes - Morgan Ashby
- Sam Davies - Sid Patten
- Richard Burke - Wayne
- Sheila Burrell - Agnes Stubbs
- Jean Rimmer - Kate Hepple
- Nicholas Lamont - Carl P. Unsworth
- Felicity Montagu - Susan Dent
- Nicholas Asbury - Eric Pardew
- Emma Tate - Pam Pardew
- Wayne Foskett - Russ Halliwell
- Sam Barriscale - Dave Skerry
- Trevor Fox - Luke Shadwell
- Alan Gilchrist - Barnaby Shadwell
- Gillian Raine - Violet Ward
- Gawn Grainger - Jack Branagan
- Peter Eyre - Michael Durban
- Aline Mowat - Marianne Clark
- Lynne Verrall - Miss Tweed
- Carole Boyd - Mrs. Ashby
- Peter Waddington - Neil Humphries
- Fine Time Fontayne - Graham Skully
- Felicity Dean - Sandra Lever
- Ed Waters - Mr. Chapman
- Jack Ellis - Brian Powell
- Patrick Pearson - Dixon
- Roger Bingham - Paul Croft
- Viv Warentz - Dora James
- Rosy Clayton - Julie
- Tony Audenshaw - Ray Lever
- Derek Crewe - Curator
- David Williams - Caretaker at Flats
- John Billam - Foreman
- Ron Blass - Gallery Attendant
- Michelle Holmes - Ruth Kilbride
- Gillian Kearney - Debra Woolmer
- Richard Coyle - Dr Miles Miller
- Tyrone Huggins - Ezekial Alebua
- Lorraine Peters - Mrs Mabbthorpe
- Jean Stevens - Bessie Simcox
- Bruce Byron - Joe Doolan
- John Bleasdale - Bell
- Margery Withers - Gwen Parry
- Trevor Dwyer-Lynch - Ambulance Man
- Richard Pasco - Hansi Bauer
- Wanda Ventham - Margaret Balshaw
- Sara Stewart - Mrs Laura Swinbank
- Jean Anderson - Alice Marsden
- Madeleine Moffat - Rachel McIver
- Cynthia Grenville - Freda Jones
- James Taylor - Cyril Sopwith
- Alan Thompson - Ted Eddison
- Michael Troughton - Harry Sholton
- Shenagh Govan - Brenda Shotton
- Muriel Lawford - Myra
- Penny Leatherbarrow - Shirley Sholton
- Leader Hawkins - Tudor Wallace
- Nick Malinowski - Clive Reynolds
- John Graham Davies - D.C.I. Adams
- Frank Mills - Frank Wainthropp
- Charles Kay - Monty Francis
- Tom Chadbon - Donald Matthews
- Shirin Taylor - Conchita Flintoff
- David Shimwell - Barry Flintoff
- Ray Nicholas - Sean Flintoff
- Tenniel Evans - Royle
- Johnny Allan - Joe Cranham
- David Cook
- John Bowen
- Michael Wearing
- Phillip McCann
- Mark Warman
- Nigel Hess
Sara Stewart interpreta a Mrs Laura Swinbank en la serie.
Julie Walters hace el papel de Agnes.
Jean Heywood interpreta a Edith Cross en la serie.
Patricia Routledge interpreta a Hetty Wainthropp en la serie.
Dominic Monaghan interpreta a Geoffrey Shawcross en la serie.
Derek Benfield interpreta a Robert Wainthropp en la serie.
Suzanne Maddock interpreta a Janet Fraser en la serie.
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