- Joanne Froggatt - Ruth Tyler
- Lee Ingleby - Vic Tyler
- Ian Barritt - Stanley Cooper
- Reece Dinsdale - Simon Lamb
- Marc Warren - Tony Crane
- Tim Plester - Rocket
- Eva Pope - Carol Twilling
- Jacqueline Boatswain - Officer
- Rafaella Hutchinson - Test Card Girl
- Sagar Arya - Saeed Taufeeq
- Ralph Brown - Frank Morgan
- Kevin McNally - Harry Woolf
- Paul Copley - Reg Cole
- Anthony Flanagan - Pete Bond
- Alex Reid - Layla Dylan
- Katherine Kelly - Auntie Heather
- Stephen Bent - Arnold Malone
- Archie Panjabi - Maya Roy
- John Duttine - Malcolm Cox
- Georgia Taylor - Denise Williams
- Andrew Tiernan - Kim Trent
- Steve Evets - Dickie Fingers
- John Henshaw - Ted Bannister
- Ruth Millar - Jackie Queen
- Phaldut Sharma - Ravi Gandhi
- Sean Gilder - Leslie Johns
- Michael Lawrence - Ryan
- John Axon - Arthur Coynes
- Andrew Knott - Derek Bannister
- John Wilson - Man in Pub
- Sam Hazeldine - Colin Raimes
- Henry Cox - Young Lad
- Caroline Harding - Raimes' Lawyer
- Parvez Qadir - Raimes' Psychiatrist
- Orla Cottingham - Raimes' Social Worker
- Tom Charnock - Police Officer
- Christopher Harper - Neil
- Richard Sinnott - TV Presenter
- Andy Abrahams - Sid
- Mags Gannon - Mrs. Raimes
- Rae Kelly Hill - June
- Warren Donnelly - Dodds
- Nicky Bell - Brian
- Denice Hope - Mrs. Bannister
- Rebecca Atkinson - Tina
- David Corden - Edwards
- Tom Mannion - Stephen Warren
- Kelly Wenham - Joni
- Stephen Aintree - Carroway
- Lee Ross - DCI Litton
- Ken Drury - George Bates
- Kevin Knapman - Billy Kemble
- Andrew Vincent - Albert Collins
- Tom Lloyd-Roberts - Doctor
- Lisa Millett - Andrea Kemble
- William Hoyland - Superintendent Rathbone
- Nicholas Blane - Oswald Spear
- Matt Cross - Jimmy Lips
- Paul Kemp - Manager
- Craig Cheetham - Russell Askey
- Steve Garti - Andy Eddows
- Jonathan Wright - Reporter
- Julian Kay - Doctor
- Gemma Wardle - Nurse
- Bill Rodgers - Filbert
- Tony Marshall - Nelson
- Brendan Mackey - Patrick O'Brien
- Peter Wight - Frank Miller
- Beatrice Kelley - Landlady
- Andy Hockley - Pathologist
- Nicholas Palliser - Roger Twilling
- Clare McGlinn - Mrs. Luckhurst
- Meryl Hampton - Mrs. Edith Williams
- Andrew Readman - Twilling's Lawyer
- Lesley Clare O'Neill - Mrs. Bathurst
- Olwen May - Mavis Witham
- Jonty Stephens - Don Witham
- Alicia Hall - School Girl
- Ian Puleston-Davies - Toolbox Terry
- Lorraine Cheshire - Big Bird
- Paul Oldham - Skinhead
- Seamus O'Neill - Terry Haslam
- Kieran O'Brien - Davie Mackay
- Corrinne Wicks - Barrister
- Jason Watkins - Colin Merrick
- Ian Hanmore - Peter Wilkes
- Genevieve Walsh - Sue
- Johnny Leeze - Meter Man
- Jack Deam - Donald Sykes
- Mason Phillips - Officer
- Marcus Wilson
- Jane Featherstone
- Claire Parker
- Matthew Graham
- Cameron Roach
Ian Hanmore hace el papel de Peter Wilkes.
Kevin McNally interpreta a Harry Woolf en la serie.
Kieran O'Brien interpreta a Davie Mackay en la serie.
John Simm interpreta a Sam Tyler en la serie.
Philip Glenister interpreta a Gene Hunt en la serie.
Liz White hace el papel de Annie Cartwright.
Dean Andrews hace el papel de Ray Carling.
Marshall Lancaster interpreta a Chris Skelton en la serie.
Noreen Kershaw interpreta a Phyllis Dobbs en la serie.
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