| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alain Sarde | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Andrew Dickson | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Charlotte Finlay | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Supervisor |
Chris Burdon | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Christine Blundell | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Hair Designer |
Christine Gozlan | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Dick Pope | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography, Camera Operator |
Ed Walsh | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
 Eve Stewart | Crew | Art | Production Design |
Francesca Jaynes | Crew | Crew | Choreographer |
Georgina Lowe | Crew | Production | Co-Producer |
Heather Storr | Crew | Directing | Script Supervisor |
 Jacqueline Durran | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
 Jim Clark | Crew | Editing | Editor |
John Bush | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
Josh Robertson | Crew | Directing | Assistant Director |
Lesa Warrener | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
 Mike Leigh | Crew | Directing | Director, Writer |
 Nina Gold | Crew | Production | Casting |
Peter Burgess | Crew | Sound | Foley |
Richard Mills | Crew | Crew | Property Master |
Robert Jones | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Simon Channing Williams | Crew | Production | Producer |
Simon Mein | Crew | Camera | Still Photographer |
 Ali James | Crew | Art | Location Scout |
Andrew Grant | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
Duncan Reid | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Gail Egan | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Henry Woolley | Crew | Production | Location Manager |
Jo Littlejohn | Crew | Art | Art Department Coordinator |
Rosalie Clayton | Crew | Production | Casting Associate |
Tanya Clark | Crew | Art | Assistant Art Director |
Lee Eldred | Crew | Lighting | Electrician |
Matthew Moffat | Crew | Lighting | Gaffer |
Chris Allies | Crew | Crew | Title Graphics |
 Adrian Scarborough | Cast | Actor | Frank |
 Alan Williams | Cast | Actor | Sick Husband |
 Allan Corduner | Cast | Actor | Psychiatrist |
 Angela Curran | Cast | Actress | Prisoner |
Angie Wallis | Cast | Nurse Willoughby | |
Anna Keaveney | Cast | Actress | Nellie |
 Anthony O'Donnell | Cast | Actor | Mr. Walsh |
Billie Cook | Cast | Actress | Child |
 Craig Conway | Cast | Actor | Station Constable |
 Daniel Mays | Cast | Actor | Sid |
 Eddie Marsan | Cast | Actor | Reg |
 Eileen Davies | Cast | Actress | Prison Officer |
 Elizabeth Berrington | Cast | Actress | Cynical Lady |
 Emma Amos | Cast | Actress | Cynical Lady |
 Fenella Woolgar | Cast | Actress | Susan's Confidante |
 Heather Craney | Cast | Actress | Joyce |
 Helen Coker | Cast | Actress | WPC Best |
 Imelda Staunton | Cast | Actress | Vera Drake |
Jane Wood | Cast | Actress | Prisoner |
 Jim Broadbent | Cast | Actor | Judge |
Joanna Griffiths | Cast | Actress | Peggy |
 Lesley Manville | Cast | Actress | Mrs. Wells |
 Lesley Sharp | Cast | Actress | Jessie Barnes |
 Liz White | Cast | Actress | Pamela Barnes |
 Marion Bailey | Cast | Actress | Mrs. Fowler |
 Martin Savage | Cast | Actor | Det. Sergeant Vickers |
 Nicholas Jones | Cast | Actor | Defence Barrister |
 Nicky Henson | Cast | Actor | Private Doctor |
 Paul Jesson | Cast | Actor | Magistrate |
 Paul Raffield | Cast | Magistrate's Clerk | |
 Peter Wight | Cast | Actor | Det. Inspector Webster |
 Richard Graham | Cast | Actor | George |
 Robert Putt | Cast | Actor | Station Sergeant |
 Rosie Cavaliero | Cast | Actress | Married Woman |
 Ruth Sheen | Cast | Actress | Lily |
 Sally Hawkins | Cast | Actress | Susan Wells |
 Sam Troughton | Cast | Actor | David |
 Sandra Voe | Cast | Actress | Vera's Mother |
Sid Mitchell | Cast | Actor | Very Young Man |
 Simon Chandler | Cast | Actor | Mr. Wells |
 Tilly Vosburgh | Cast | Actress | Mother of Seven |
 Tom Ellis | Cast | Actor | Police Constable |
 Vincent Franklin | Cast | Actor | Mr. Lewis |
 Vinette Robinson | Cast | Actress | Jamaican Girl |
 Wendy Nottingham | Cast | Actress | Ivy |
 Chris O'Dowd | Cast | Actor | Sid's Customer |
 Gerard Monaco | Cast | Actor | Kenny |
Heather Cameron-McLintock | Cast | Child | |
 James Payton | Cast | Actor | Court Reporter (uncredited) |
Judith Scott | Cast | Sister Beecher | |
 Leo Bill | Cast | Actor | Ronny |
Nina Fry | Cast | Actress | Dance Hall Girl |
 Sinead Matthews | Cast | Actress | Very Young Woman |
Tracy O'Flaherty | Cast | Actor | Nurse |
 John Warman | Cast | Policeman in Court (uncredited) | |
 Phil Davis | Cast | Actor | Stan |
 Jake Wood | Cast | Actor | Ruffian |
Billy Seymour | Cast | Actor | Child |
 Jeffry Wickham | Cast | Actor | Prosecution Barrister |
 Alex Kelly | Cast | Actress | Ethel |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
