
110 minutes
10/18/1996
School leaver Phil moves with his father from inner-city London to the satellite Hertfordshire New Town of Stevenage, where they are promised a brighter future...but all Phil finds there is a bleak, cultural wilderness; a world of unemployment, violence, alcoholism and drug abuse in 90s Britain

John Simm
as Phil

Emer McCourt
as Shona

Marc Warren
as Robert

Andrew Lincoln
as Ted
Richard Hanson
as Steven
Nathan Valente
as Matt

Derek Martin
as Ray Saunders
Vincent Phillips
as Brad
Natalie Davies
as Sue
David Aldous
as John

Sally Grace
as Barbara
Julia-Lee Smith
as Mandy
Jeanette Driver
as Josephine Hughes
Suzanne Church
as Fiona
Arran Hall
as Young Phil

Rowan Schlosberg
as Young Ted
John Rafferty
as Young Steven
Jason Humphries
as Young Matt
Poppy Huntley
as Stephanie

David Schaal
as Mick the Manager
Osei Benil
as Foreman
Anne Francoeur
as Linda
Michelle Lambourne
as Phil's Mother
Mary Healy
as Shona's Mother
Patrick Duggan
as Shona's Stepdad
Steve Weston
as John the Pyromaniac
Janet Crawford
as Auntie Babs
Huggy Leaver
as Bouncer