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