| Lavinia | Balcombe | The course-tutor. |
| Teddy | Balcombe | Lavinia's husband. |
| Russel | Buffery | An actor. Protagonist. Aka: Buffy. |
| Harold | Cohen | A novelist. |
| Pia | Cohen | Harold's 2nd wife. |
| Fanny | Cradock | An actress. |
| Michael | Gambon | An old actor. |
| Eldon | James | An old actor. |
| Dai | Jones | A clothing store owner. |
| Bill | Murray | Rosemary's husband. |
| Enid | Price | One of Andy's regular customers. |
| Lance | Pritchard | Lance's wife. |
| Mary | Taylor | A convicted shoplifter. |
| Rosemary | Turnbull | One of the hotel occupants. |
| Alec | | A local postman. |
| Aled | | Voda's brother. |
| Alice | | Neville's friend. |
| Amy | | A makeup artist. |
| Andy | | The man who has brain tumor. A postman. |
| Annie | | One of Harold's friends. |
| Barry | | Bridie's house-clearance. |
| Bella | | A student. |
| Bridie | | Buffy's landlord. |
| Bruno | | Buffy's son. |
| Carmella | | Nyange's mother. |
| Celeste | | Buffy's daughter. |
| Charlie | | Nyange's ex-lover. |
| Clare | | A martial artist. |
| Colin | | Penny's lover. |
| Conor | | Voda's boyfriend. |
| Craig | | Amy's boyfriend. |
| Dafydd | | The bar manager. |
| Dennis | | One of Harold's friends. |
| Des | | A rugby player. |
| Douggie | | Rosemary's ex-lover. |
| Fig | | Buffy's dog. |
| Frieda | | Buffy's new friend. A schoolteacher. |
| George | | Buffy's former dog. |
| Hammy | | Buffy's hamster. |
| Hilary | | Malcolm's wife. |
| India | | Jacquetta's daughter. Buffy's step-daughter. |
| Iris | | Frieda's partner. |
| Jacquetta | | Buffy's 2nd wife. |
| James | | Quentin's partner. |
| Jill | | Simon's partner. |
| Joe | | The manager. |
| Julia | | Shirley's sister. |
| Keith | | A background actor. |
| Leon | | Jacquetta's new husband |
| Lorna | | Celeste's mother. |
| Lou | | A law firm secretary. |
| Malcolm | | Monica's lover. |
| Melanie | | A single parent. |
| Monica | | An event organizer. |
| Neville | | The man that Amy befriended. |
| Nina | | A dress shop owner. |
| Nolan | | One of Buffy's workers. |
| Nyange | | Buffy's daughter. |
| Penny | | Buffy's 3rd wife. A photographer. |
| Phil | | A retired accountant. Monica's ex-husband. |
| Popsi | | Buffy's first wife. |
| Quentin | | Buffy's son. |
| Rachel | | Monica's friend. |
| Roy | | A former Marxist firebrand. |
| Rupert | | Monica's assistant. |
| Ryan | | Toni's son. |
| Shirley | | Nolan's mother. |
| Simon | | Bridie's new neighbor. |
| Sita | | One of the hotel occupants. |
| Taffy | | Buffy's nearest neighbor. |
| Ted | | The doorman. |
| Tess | | One of Monica's acquaintances. |
| Tobias | | Bruno's brother. Buffy's son. |
| Toni | | Andy's lover and best friend. |
| Virginia | | Andy's former schoolmate. Aka: Ginny. |
| Voda | | Bridie's house-cleaner. |
| Voley | | One of Dafydd's bartenders. |
| Walter | | A horse breeder. |
