Guest Stars Amy Nuttall as Lisa Castleton Will Mellor as Lee Castleton Monica Dolan as Jo Hamilton Julie Hesmondhalgh as Suzanne Sercombe Susan Brown as Min Howard Conor Mullen as David Hamilton Ifan Huw Dafydd as Noel Thomas Katherine Kelly as Angela Van Den Bogerd Ian Hart as Bob Rutherford Shaun Dooley as Michael Rudkin Lia Williams as Paula Vennells Alex Jennings as James Arbuthnot Amit Shah as Jasgun Singh Krupa Pattani as Saman Kaur Lesley Nicol as Pam Stubbs John Hollingworth as James Hartley Isobel Middleton as Kay Linnell Mark Arends as Richard Roll Clare Calbraith as Gina Griffiths Dana Haqjoo as Behrouz Heydari Kenny Knight as Crowbar Robber Billy Clements as Sledgehammer Robber Ansko Pitkänen as Bus Driver Max Strong as Joshua Nadhim Zahawi as Himself James Naughtie as Himself Kent Riley as Darren Houghton Colin Tierney as Martin Griffiths Daniel Gosling as Radio Broadcaster Kivan Dene as Contracts Manager