Filmmakers
Above the lineML
Director
Mike Leigh
ML
Screenplay
Mike Leigh
Writer
DP
Cinematography
Dick Pope
Director of Photography
JG
Editing
Jon Gregory
Editor
AD
Music
Andrew Dickson
Original Music Composer
AC
Production Design
Alison Chitty
MP
Costume Design
Maria Price
Cast
56BB
Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
MJ
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
TS
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
PL
Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
CR
Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley
LR
Lee Ross
Paul
LM
Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
EB
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
MA
Michele Austin
Dionne
RC
Ron Cook
Stuart
TL
Trevor Laird
Hortense's Brother
BB
Brian Bovell
Hortense's Brother
EA
Emma Amos
Girl with Scar
CP
Clare Perkins
Hortense's Sister in Law
EM
Elias Perkins McCook
Hortense's Nephew
JM
Jane Mitchell
Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
JA
Janice Acquah
Junior Optician
KF
Keylee Jade Flanders
Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
HD
Hannah Davis
First Bride
TH
Terence Harvey
First Bride's Father
KO
Kate O'Malley
Second Bride
JT
Joe Tucker
Groom
RS
Richard Syms
Vicar
GM
Grant Masters
Best Man
AH
Annie Hayes
Mother in Family Group
JA
Jean Ainslie
Grandmother
LS
Lucy Sheen
Nurse
FR
Frances Ruffelle
Young Mother
NG
Nitin Ganatra
Potential Suitor
MM
Metin Marlow
Conjuror
SE
Su Elliot
Raunchy Woman
AC
Amanda Crossley
Raunchy Woman
DS
Di Sherlock
Raunchy Woman
DN
David Neilson
Man in Suit
PW
Peter Waddington
Man in Suit
PS
Peter Stockbridge
Man in Suit
RL
Rachel Lewis
Graduate
PT
Paul Trussell
Grinning Husband
JC
Jonny Coyne
Fiance
DO
Denise Orita
Uneasy Woman
MW
Margery Withers
Elderly Lady
GW
Gordon Winter
Laughing Man
TW
Theresa Watson
Daughter
PW
Peter Wight
Father in Family Group
GM
Gary McDonald
Boxer
AS
Alison Steadman
Woman with Dog
LS
Liz Smith
Woman with Cat
SK
Sheila Kelley
Fertile Mother
AC
Angela Curran
Little Boy's Mother
LB
Linda Beckett
Pin Up Housewife
PD
Phil Davis
Man in Suit
WN
Wendy Nottingham
Glum Woman
AO
Anthony O'Donnell
Uneasy Man
RS
Ruth Sheen
Laughing Woman
MS
Mia Soteriou
Fiancee
SC
Stephen Churchett
Man in Suit
Departments
44Production
- Sarah TrowseAssistant Accountant
- Susie ParrissCasting
- Paddy SternCasting
- Mark MostynLocation Manager
- Simon Channing WilliamsProducer
- Will TylerProduction Accountant
- Stephanie FaugierProduction Coordinator
- Phillip KennyProduction Executive
- Georgina LoweProduction Supervisor
Camera
- Lucy BristowFocus Puller
- Simon MeinStill Photographer
Sound
- Derek HoldingADR Editor
- Ted SwanscottADR Mixer
- Orin BeatonBoom Operator
- Loveday HardingBoom Operator
- Derek LomasDialogue Editor
- William TrentFoley Editor
- Ted SwanscottFoley Mixer
- Mick BoggisSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Peter MaxwellSound Re-Recording Mixer
- George RichardsSound Recordist
- George RichardsSound Recordist
Art
- Eve StewartArt Direction
- Hilly BenjaminAssistant Art Director
- Nick OrlandeConstruction Manager
- Nick RoseProperty Master
- Chris AlliesTitle Designer
Costume & Make-Up
- Kirstin ChalmersAssistant Hairstylist
- Kirstin ChalmersAssistant Makeup Artist
- Allison WyldeckCostume Supervisor
- Christine BlundellMakeup Artist
- Jacki ThomasWardrobe Assistant
Editing
- Kate MackenzieFirst Assistant Editor
- Ian SeymourFirst Assistant Editor
Lighting
- Alan CosterElectrician
- Marco di GiulioElectrician
- Martin DuncanGaffer
Crew
- Richard BlackmoreGenerator Operator
Directing
- Paula SpinksAssistant Director
- Jennie OsbornFirst Assistant Director
- Chris RoseFirst Assistant Director
- Heather StorrScript Supervisor
- Josh RobertsonSecond Assistant Director
- Zerlina HughesThird Assistant Director