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Danny and Paula are a young married couple with a baby. They are moving up in the world, leaving their high-rise for a house of their own. The future of their marriage is threatened by only one thing - Danny is a heroin addict.

(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Writer:
Jimmy McGovern
Producer:
George Faber
Director:
Gillies MacKinnon
Danny:
Sean McKee
Paula:
Emma Bird
Paula's father:
Pete Postlethwaite
Council leader:
Anna Keaveney
Chief constable:
John Bennett
Drugs counsellor:
Paul Barber
John:
Gary Mavers
Viaduct boy:
Stephen Walters
Bent detective:
Arthur Kelly
Chief vigilante:
Andrew Schofield
Charlie:
John Conteh
Radio reporter:
Carleen Ann Lundon
Shop steward:
Thomas Branch
Pete:
Paul Broughton
Jack:
Timothy Barlow
Captain's mate:
Vincent Maguire
Old woman:
Ina Clough
Man at meeting:
Chris Darwin
Source: Radio Times

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