Alan Bennett
— Denis Midgley
Thora Hird
— Aunty Kitty
Helen Fraser
— Joyce Midgley
Julie Walters
— Valery
David Major
— Colin Midgley
Elizabeth Spriggs
— Alice Duckworth
Frank Crompton
— Frank Midgley
Kirk Wild
— Denis as a Boy
Alison Lloyd
— Denis' Mother
Jeanne Doree
— Joyce's Mother
Derek Fowlds
— Hartley
Colin Douglas
— Uncle Ernest
Joan Sanderson
— Miss Tunstall
Jim Broadbent
— Mr Horsfall
Aubrey Morris
— Headmaster
Madge Hindle
— Jean
Jeremy Mosby
— Mark
Karen Tunstall
— Elizabeth
Lucita Lijertwood
— Mrs Azakwale
Shope Shodeinde
— Black Doctor
Peter Chelsom
— Very Young Doctor
Karen Petrie
— Heather - Day Nurse
Johnny Leeze
— Orderly
Brenda Hall
— Senior Nursing Officer
Alan Starkey
— Hospital Clerk
Alan Hulse
— Young Man on Telephone
Olive Pendleton
— Woman on Telephone
Frank Birch
— Fat Man
Ted Beyer
— Teacher
Pamela Quinn
— 1st Nurse