Poppy Shakespeare

N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.

Drama

Naomie Harris

(Poppy)

Anna Maxwell Martin

(N)

Tessa Peake-Jones

(Rhona)

Claire Benedict

(Rosetta)

Adrian Scarborough

(Middle Class Michael)

Cathy Murphy

(Astrid)

Kolade Agboke

(Wesley)

Marie Critchley

(Tina)

Bruce MacLeod

(Brian the Butcher)

Penny Layden

(Sue)

Kerry Godliman

(Verna)

Josef Altin

(Zubin)

Michelle Dockery

(Dawn)

Simon Kunz

(Peter Flea)

Nicholas Woodeson

(Professor)

Janine Birkett

(Candid)

Darrell D'Silva

(Banker Bill)

Gerard Fletcher

(Male Nurse)

Jonathan Cullen

(Tony)

Anne Hornby

(Secretary)

Szilvi Naray-Davey

(Government Inspector)