Jim Broadbent
— Alfred Salteena
Hugh Laurie
— Lord Bernard Clark
Lyndsey Marshal
— Ethel Monticue
Bill Nighy
— Earl of Clincham
Geoffrey Palmer
— Minnit
Simon Russell Beale
— Prince of Wales
Adam Godley
— Procurio
Sophie Thompson
— Bessie Topp
Sally Hawkins
— Rosalind
Anne Reid
— Mrs. Monticue
Tom Burke
— Horace
Guy Henry
— Mr. Domonic
Alan Bennett
— Narrator (voice)
Darren Jacobs
— Dream Man
James Warrior
— Station Master
Richard Beale
— Middle Aged Man