First broadcast 1st/8th January 1996.
Sixteen-year-old Elvira's mother is dead. Elvira is sad, of course, but not so sad as her younger sister Spinny.
Anthony Andrews ... Luke Crossland
Elspet Gray ... Mrs. Crossland
Emily Mortimer ... Elvira Crossland
Daisy Haggard ... Spinny Crossland
Alan MacNaughtan ... The Dean (as Alan MacNaughton)
Jack Galloway ... Anthony Lewis
Leon Lissek ... Professor Cyprian
Jeannie Crowther ... Rosemary
Roger Hammond ... Dr. Trewynne
Helena Michell ... Mary Leonard
Richard Cubison ... Dr. Bulmer
Ursula Mohan ... Mrs. Cyprian
Idris Elba ... Pest Controller
Gilbert Wynne ... Coroner
Joanna Jeffrees ... Young Girl Passer-By
Lizzie Mickery ... Dr. Anna Sayles
Anthony Higginson ... Professor Walsh
Gresby Nash ... Daniel
Pamela Ruddock ... Invigilator
Marian Diamond ... Dr. Jamieson
Danny Dyer ... Tom
