Main Characters
- Harry Perkins MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party - played by Ray McAnally
- Sir Percy Browne, Head of MI5, head conspirator - played by Alan MacNaughton
- Frederick Thompson, former reporter and Perkins' Press Secretary - played by Keith Allen
- Lawrence Wainwright MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, later Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, conspirator - played by Geoffrey Beevers
- Joan Cook MP, Home Secretary, later Chancellor of the Exchequer – played by Marjorie Yates
- Tom Newsome MP, Foreign Secretary, resigns over affair - played by Jim Carter
- Sir George Fison, owner of a consortium of newspapers, conspirator - played by Philip Madoc
- Alford, Director of the BBC, conspirator - played by Jeremy Young
- Fiennes, assistant to Browne - played by Tim McInnerny
- Marcus Morgan, U.S. Secretary of State - played by Shane Rimmer
- Thomas Andrews MP, Leader of the Conservative Party, Prime Minister before Harry Perkins - played by Roger Brierley
- Inspector Page, Head of Security for the Prime Minister - played by Bernard Kay
- Sir Monty Kowalski, military advisor to Harry Perkins - played by Oscar Quitak
- Sir Horace Tweed, Prime Minister's aide - played by Oliver Ford Davies
- Sir James Robertson, Cabinet Secretary - played by David McKail
- Helen Jarvis, former lover of Perkins - played by Kika Markham
- Official bomb examiner - played by Andy Croft
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