Guest Stars Siobhan Finneran as Beverley Clarke Tom Mison as Ben Sixsmith Meera Syal as Liz Shannon Jonathan Aris as Sir Richard Leavis Sally Phillips as Meg Bayliss Sylvestra Le Touzel as Nina Morgan Rebekah Staton as Assistant Frances Tomelty as Kitty Porter John Humphrys as Himself Robert Portal as Paul Critchley Sarah Montague as Herself Catherine Kanter as Highbury Woman Simon McCoy as Himself Tara Ellis as Egg Pelter Woman Ged Forrest as Bloke 1 Fred Perry as Reporter Harry Miller as Man 1