Trailer
 | John Hurt as Chris Mullin |
 | Martin Shaw as Ian McBride |
 | Roger Allam as Charles Tremayne |
 | John Kavanagh as Z |
 | Robert Lang as Detective Superintendant Ibison |
 | Patrick Malahide as Mike Mansfield |
 | Bob Peck as Chief Supt. Tom Meffen |
 | Donal McCann as N |
 | Leslie Phillips as Lord Chief Justice Lane |
 | Terence Rigby as Det. Supt. George Reade |
 | David Ryall as Dr. Frank Skuse |
 | John Woodvine as Tom Clarke |
 | David Bamber as David Mellor MP, Home Office |
 | Ciarán Hinds as Richard McIlkenny |
 | Brid Brennan as Sister of IRA man |
 | John Lynch as IRA man in cottage |
 | Heather Chasen as The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher |
 | Tony Doyle as Richard Ferguson QC |
 | James Berwick as Joe Cahill |
 | Brendan Cauldwell as Callaghan |
 | Julian Glover as Igor Judge QC |
 | Peter Gowen as Eamon O'Connor |
 | Ian McElhinney as Sinn Fein leader |
 | Gerard McSorley as Paddy Mcllkenny |
 | Sean McGinley as A |
| Niall O'Brien as Walker |
 | Struan Rodger as Ex-IRA man |
 | Niall Tóibín as Paddy Joe Hill |
 | Donald Pickering as Douglas Hurd, Foreign Secretary |
 | Andy Bradford |
| David Howey as Bob Clay MP |
 | Diane Fletcher as Gareth Peirce |
| Directing | |
| Michael Beckham | Director |
Editing | |
| Clive Maltby | Editor |
Crew | |
| Ken Morgan | Cinematography |
Sound | |
| Shaun Davey | Music |
Production | |
| Ray Fitzwalter | Executive Producer |
Writing | |
| Alan Plater | Writer |
| Rob Ritchie | Writer |
