Karen Meagher

Character: Ruth Beckett

Reece Dinsdale

Character: Jimmy Kemp

David Brierly

Character: Mr. Kemp

Rita May

Character: Mrs. Kemp

Nicholas Lane

Character: Michael Kemp

Jane Hazlegrove

Character: Alison Kemp

Henry Moxon

Character: Mr Beckett

June Broughton

Character: Mrs Beckett

Sylvia Stoker

Character: Granny Beckett

Harry Beety

Character: Clive Sutton

Ruth Holden

Character: Marjorie Sutton

Ashley Barker

Character: Bob

Michael O'Hagan

Character: Chief Supt. Hirst

Phil Rose

Character: Medical Officer

Steve Halliwell

Character: Information Officer

Brian Grellis

Character: Accommodation Officer

Peter Faulkner

Character: Transport Officer

Anthony Collin

Character: Food Officer

Michael Ely

Character: Scientific Officer

Sharon Baylis

Character: Manpower Officer

David Stutt

Character: Works Officer

Phil Askham

Character: Mr Stothard

Anna Seymour

Character: Mrs Stothard

Fiona Rook

Character: Carol Stothard

Christine Buckley

Character: Woman in Supermarket

Joe Belcher

Character: Shopkeeper

David Major

Character: Boy in Supermarket

Maggie Ford

Character: Peace Speaker

Mike Kay

Character: Trade Unionist

Richard Albrecht

Character: Officer at Food Depot

Ted Beyer

Character: Policeman

Dean Williamson

Character: Policeman

Joe Holmes

Character: Mr Langley

Andy Fenn-Rodgers

Character: Patrol Officer

Graham Hill

Character: Soldier

Nigel Collins

Character: Soldier

Jerry Ready

Character: Looter

Dennis Conlon

Character: Looter

Greta Dunn

Character: Woman at Hospital

Nat Jackley

Character: Old Man at Graveyard

John Livesey

Character: Street Trader

Victoria O'Keefe

Character: Jane

Lee Daley

Character: Spike

Marcus Lund

Character: Gaz

Lesley Judd

Character: Newscaster

Colin Ward-Lewis

Character: Newscaster

Paul Vaughan

Character: Narrator (voice)

Ingrid P. Frehley

Character: Woman with dead baby (uncredited)

Michael Shale

Character: Man who has leg amputated (uncredited)

Anne Sellors

Character: Woman who urinates herself (uncredited)

Lee Cambell

Character: Dead Boy Under Gate (uncredited)

Jonathan Harston

Character: Survivor on the Moors (uncredited)

Patrick Allen

Character: Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Ed Bishop

Character: US President (voice) (uncredited)