
Casts

Patricia Routledge
as Maria Helliwell

Peter Vaughan
as Alderman Joseph Helliwell

Prunella Scales
as Annie Parker

Timothy West
as Councillor Albert Parker

Rosemary Leach
as Clara Soppitt

Bernard Cribbins
as Herbert Soppitt

Tessa Peake-Jones
as Nancy Holmes

Sue Devaney
as Ruby Birtle

Liz Smith
as Mrs Northrop

Gawn Grainger
as Fred Dyson