All Cast

John Hurt

Chris Mullin

Martin Shaw

Ian McBride

Roger Allam

Charles Tremayne

John Kavanagh

Z

Robert Lang

Detective Superintendant Ibison

Patrick Malahide

Mike Mansfield

Bob Peck

Chief Supt. Tom Meffen

Donal McCann

N

Leslie Phillips

Lord Chief Justice Lane

Terence Rigby

Det. Supt. George Reade

David Ryall

Dr. Frank Skuse

John Woodvine

Tom Clarke

David Bamber

David Mellor MP, Home Office

Ciarán Hinds

Richard McIlkenny

Brid Brennan

Sister of IRA man

John Lynch

IRA man in cottage

Heather Chasen

The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher

Tony Doyle

Richard Ferguson QC

James Berwick

Joe Cahill

Brendan Cauldwell

Callaghan

Julian Glover

Igor Judge QC

Peter Gowen

Eamon O'Connor

Ian McElhinney

Sinn Fein leader

Gerard McSorley

Paddy Mcllkenny

Sean McGinley

A

Niall O'Brien

Walker

Struan Rodger

Ex-IRA man

Niall Tóibín

Paddy Joe Hill

Donald Pickering

Douglas Hurd, Foreign Secretary

Andy Bradford

David Howey

Bob Clay MP

Diane Fletcher

Gareth Peirce