The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
1998Sue Johnston stars in this intimate drama exploring the life of Coronation Street star Pat Phoenix. Follow her affair with fellow actor Tony Booth in the 50s that ended in heartbreak, and what eventually happened to the pair years later.
Acted in
Sue Johnston
as Pat Phoenix
Denise Black
as Young Pat Phoenix
Tony Scannell
as Tony Booth
Keith Newby
as Young Tony Booth
Ian Lindsay
as Keith Pollitt
Pauline Whitaker
as Pauline Pollitt
John Middleton
as Tony Warren
Sidney Livingstone
as Albert
Lorraine Peters
as Velvey
Mark Chatterton
as DHSS Investigator
Laura Richmond
as DHSS Investigator
Trevor Green
as Newsreader
Ian Kershaw
as ASM
Vanessa Knox-Mawer
as Make-Up Artist
Peter Lorenzelli
as Director
Simon Molloy
as Hospital Consultant
Sally Adams
as Hospital Sister
Helen Heaslip
as Intensive Care Nurse
Joe Simpson
as Journalist
Matt Healy
as 1st Drunk
Mark Stratton
as 2nd Drunk