"Supermarket manager Ros Pritchard decides to stand for election and her steady gains of support gives rise to thoughts of becoming Prime Minister."
Jane Horrocks
as Ros Pritchard
Steven Mackintosh
as Ian Pritchard
Jodhi May
as Miranda Lennox
Jemma McKenzie-Brown
as Georgina Pritchard
Janet McTeer
as Catherine Walker
Carey Mulligan
as Emily Pritchard
Jonathan Aris
as Sir Richard Leavis
Geraldine James
as Hilary Rees-Benson
Selina Cadell
as Dorothy Crowther
Sally Phillips
as Meg Bayliss
Robert Portal
as Paul Critchley
Siobhan Finneran
as Beverley Clarke
Frances Tomelty
as Kitty Porter
Meera Syal
as Liz Shannon
Chris O'Dowd
as Headmaster
Sylvestra Le Touzel
as Nina Morgan
Sally Wainwright
Producer