 Speed played Rose Penfold, a streetwise love interest for Maguire's character, Simon; they meet at a children's home and then run away to be together.During 1992–93 Speed appeared as Beki Jenner in two series of "Rides", a BBC drama about an all-woman minicab firm, written by Carole Hayman.She later appeared in an episode of the BBC children's programme "Parallel 9", which aired in 1994.