Linus Roache
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
John Hannah
— William Wordsworth
Samantha Morton
— Sara Coleridge
Emily Woof
— Dorothy Wordsworth
Andrea Lowe
— Edith Southey
Dexter Fletcher
— Humphry Davy
Andy Serkis
— John Thelwall
Samuel West
— Robert Southey
Colin McCredie
— Messenger
John Kane
— Jones
Emma Fielding
— Mary Wordsworth
Michael N. Harbour
— Walsh
William Scott-Masson
— Tom Poole
Clive Merrison
— Dr Gillman
Guy Lankester
— Byron
Jacqueline Defferary
— Miss Holland
John Standing
— Rev Holland
Andy de la Tour
— Andrew Crosse
Glyn Owen
— Fisherman
Peter Harkness
— Journalist
Niall Vincent
— Hartley Coleridge, aged 4
Jason Quick
— Hartley Coleridge, aged 18 months
Miles Quick
— Hartley Coleridge, aged 18 months
Eleanor Russell
— Hartley Coleridge, aged 2 months
Rowena Gaukroger
— Edith Mae Southey
Leo Temple
— Herbert Southay
Erik McKay
— Darcy Sinclair
Mark Tilley
— Rebel
Juno Temple
— Emma Southey