During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with prostitutes and call girls, a long-dormant secret friend of his childhood surfaces in his delusions.
Unfortunately the movie Secret Friends is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Dennis Potter | Director |
| Editing | Clare Douglas | Editor |
| Camera | Sue Gibson | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Dennis Potter | Novel |
| Writing | Dennis Potter | Screenplay |
| Sound | Nicholas Russell-Pavier | Music |
| Production | Kathleen Mackie Higgins | Casting |
| Art | Gary Williamson | Production Design |
| Art | Sarah Horton | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sharon Lewis | Costume Design |
| Production | John Roberdeau | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rosemary Padvaiskas | Producer |
| Production | Robert Michael Geisler | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alison Barnett | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annie McEwan | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Petrona Winton | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Valerie Russell-Pavier | Script Supervisor |
| Production | David Kennaway | Location Manager |
| Editing | Wendy Edgar-Jones | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Mark Gravil | First Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynn Horrie | Wardrobe Master |
| Directing | Edward Brett | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jerry Daly | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Andy Kelk | Third Assistant Director |
| Sound | Andrew Glen | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Laurie McDowell | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Midgley | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Shaun Mills | Sound |
| Sound | Clive Osborne | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Hugh Strain | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Adam Biddle | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Ian Foster | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Mark Moriarty | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Stephen Morley | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Luke Quigley | Grip |
| Art | Dave Allen | Construction Manager |
| Art | Trisha Edwards | Property Buyer |
| Art | Mark Fruin | Standby Property Master |
| Art | Carol Kupisz | Art Department Assistant |
| Art | Guy Rutter | Painter |
