"It's the mid-nineties in London and a couple meet through a lonely hearts column. She is an middle class English married woman, he is an lonely Irish mechanic. Despite the gulf between them they start an affair."
Harriet Walter
as Charlotte
Richard Hawley
as Jim
Peter Davison
as Robert
Colum Convey
as Bernie
John Keegan
as Aidan
Conleth Hill
as Michael
Doreen Mantle
as Mrs Norton
Kika Mirylees
as Caroline
Bill French
as John
Eamon Maguire
as Jack McConville
Lesley Taylor Jones
as Eileen
Joanna Wake
as Landlady
Ray Nicholas
as Crack Dealer
Emma Hill
as Newscaster
Tony Lockwood
as Football Commentator
Marianne Hemming
as Woman Upstairs
Kevin Kibbey
as Man Upstairs
Shane MacGowan
as Self (the Pogues)
Ronan Bennett
Writer
Angela Pope
Director
Music
Belinda Allen
Producer
Gavin Finney
Cinematography
David Gladwell
Editor
Trudie McCallum
Production Designer
Paul Minter
Costume Designer