| 1 | Matthew | Venn | A detective inspector. aka: Matt. |
| | Dennis | Salter | A preacher. |
| | Andrew | Venn | Matthew's father. |
| | Alice | Wozencroft | An organist. |
| | Ross May | | Matthew's colleague. |
| | Jen | Rafferty | A detective sergeant. |
| | Melanie | | Ross' wife. |
| 2 | Maurice | Braddick | A widow who take good care of his daughter. |
| | Lucy | | Maurice's daughter. aka: Luce. |
| | Maggie | | Maurice's deceased wife. |
| | Christine | Shapland | One of Lucy's friends. aka: Chrissie. |
| | Rosa | Holsworthy | One of Lucy's friends. |
| 3 | Colin | Marston | Worked in a car industry. |
| | Hillary | | Colin's wife. |
| | Sally | Pengelly | A pathologist. |
| | Jonathan | Church | Matthew's live-in-partner. |
| 4 | Ella | | Jen's daughter. |
| | Ben | | Jen's son. |
| | Adam | | A baby sitter. |
| | Gaby | Henry | An artist. |
| | Caroline | Preece | Gaby's landlady. A social worker. aka: Caz. |
| | Edward | Craven | Caroline's boyfriend. |
| | Simon | Walden | One of Caroline's clients. |
| | Christopher | Preece | Caroline's father. |
| | Joe | Oldham | The Detective chief inspector. |
| 5 | Linda | | Gaby's mother. |
| 6 | Bob | | A chef at Woodyard Centre. |
| | Geoff | Brend | A farmer. |
| | Mary | Brownscombe | A friend of Matthew's father. |
| 7 | Pam | | The woman used to work in the butcher's shop. |
| | Lorraine | | Jonathan's assistant. |
| 8 | Diana | | Princess of Wales. |
| 10 | Peter | Sutherland | An HR officer of the hotel. |
| | Danny | Clarkson | A chef. |
| | Becca | | Mr. Preece's wife. |
| | Max | | Ben's friend. |
| | Angela | Bale | One of the witnesses. |
| | Alan | Springer | Simon Walden's acquaintance. |
| | Sally | Thorne | The mother of the child Walden's accidentally killed. |
| | James | | Sally's husband. |
| 13 | Sharon | Winstone | The woman who'd discovered Walden's body. |
| | Dave | | Sharon's lover. |
| | Damien | Hirst | English sculptor and installation artist. |
| | Lizzie | | A coffee shop owner. |
| 14 | Susan | Shapland | Matthew's closest friend. |
| | Cecil | | Susan's husband. |
| | Grace | | Susan's sister. Dennis Salter's wife. |
| | Dorothy | | Matthew's mother. |
| 16 | Robbie | | Jen's ex-husband. |
| | Kate | Dickenson | Walden's ex-wife. |
| | Guy | | Kate's partner. |
| 17 | Gary | Luke | Ross' acquaintance. |
| | Vicki | Robb | The young PC. |
| 21 | Ron | Holsworthy | Rosa's father. |
| | Janet | | Rosa's mother. |
| | Marion | | Matthew's new acquaintance. |
| | Justin | Cramer | One of the solicitors in Exeter. |
| 28 | Jason | Cramer | A solicitor from Exeter. |
| 29 | Sophie | | Christopher's mistress. |
| 30 | Meryl | | One of Jonathan's friends. |
| | Jo | | One of Jonathan's friends. |
| 36 | Eunice | | Janet's acquaintance. |
| 39 | Maureen | | Joe Oldham's wife. |
| 42 | Thomas | Becket | Chancellor of England, Archbishop of Canterbury. |
