Guest Stars Meera Syal as Reporter Douglas Henshall as Clive Colville Helen Baxendale as Ruth Clarke Clive Russell as MickBoyd James Fleet as Prime Minister 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