Guest Stars

Aicha Kossoko As Makemba Tumba Recurring	Akiya Henry As Manu Rachu Recurring
Caroline Harding As Ruby Townend Recurring	Damien Nash As Jo-Jo Harker Recurring
Davood Ghadami As Mero Hashid Recurring	Frances Donovan As TV Journalist Recurring
Jane Riley As Joanne Coldwell Recurring	Janette-Nicole Nzekwe As Fatima Rachu Recurring
Jotham Annan As Lamia Tumba Recurring	Kammy Darweish As Imad Hashid Recurring
Liam Noble As Terry Hollingsworth (as Liam Nobel) Recurring	Mark Flitton As Lance Davidson Recurring
Martyn Whitby As Tommy Stanbridge Recurring	Phillip Lester As Davie Pembroke Recurring
Richard Rycroft As Thomas Banks Recurring	Thomas Hudson As Jamie Coldwell (as Tom Hudson) Recurring
Tina Tutkova As Remzie Myskino Recurring	Tony Mooney As Steve Coldwell Recurring

Main Cast

Suzanne Packer As Tess Bateman	Simon MacCorkindale As Harry Harper
Susan Cookson As Maggie Coldwell	Elyes Gabel As Gurpreet 'Guppy' Sandhu
James Redmond As John 'Abs' Denham	Ian Bleasdale As Josh Griffiths
Martina Laird As Comfort Newton	Matthew Wait As Luke Warren
Luke Bailey As Sam Bateman	Georgina Bouzova As Ellen Zitek
Janine Mellor As Kelsey Phillips	Rebekah Gibbs As Nina Farr
Will Thorp As Woody Joyner	Mark Bonnar As Bruno Jenkins

Recap

Maggie's son, Jamie, was shocked to discover his father was alive and had been in prison for years. Steve tried to convince Maggie that he'd changed but she wasn't interested...

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• Executive Producer	Mervyn Watson
• Producer	Sue Howells
• Associate Producer	Marcus Prince
• Editor	Caroline Limmer
• First Assistant Director	Alastair Duncan (2)
• Make-up	Marcus Whitney
• Grip	Martin Peters (2)
• Camera Operator	Gareth Hughes
• Location Manager	David Johnson
• Script Supervisor	Elaine Matthews
• Production Coordinator	Simon Kempster
• Stunt Coordinator	Andreas Petrides
• Art Director	Rachel Heady
• Production Manager	Trevor Gittings
• Script Editor	Jenny Van Der Lande
• Boom Operator	Jon Thomas
• Series Producer	Jane Dauncey
• Sound	Dave Baumber
• Lighting Director	Steve Buckland
• Unit Manager	Poppy Gordon Clark
• Focus Puller	Duncan Fowlie
• Designer	Amelia Shankland
• Costume	Maggie Chapplehow
• Series Editor	Loretta Preece
• Original Title Music	Ken Freeman
• Series Deviser	Jeremy Brock  |  Paul Unwin