Guest Stars Douglas Henshall as Clive Colville Tom Wilkinson as David Hanratty Meera Syal as Reporter Helen Baxendale as Ruth Clarke Clive Russell as MickBoyd James Fleet as Prime Minister Diana Kent as Alison Hanratty Julian Fellowes as Sir Mortimer Fawkes Andy Hamilton as Daily Comet editor Neil Pearson as Tom Peel James Ellis as Andrew Carson Jonathan Cullen as Michael Hilton Geoffrey Whitehead as Asst Chief Const Turpin Rosemary Martin as Janet Pearce Paula Jacobs as Madam Speaker