Simon Callow
— Narrator
Jeremy Irons
— Self
Charles Sturridge
— Self
Rupert Smith
— Self
Peter York
— Self
Clifford Longley
— Self
Nickolas Grace
— Self
Jenni Murray
— Self
Bevis Hillier
— Self
Anthony Andrews
— Self
Simon Hoggart
— Self
Dick Fiddy
— Self
Diana Quick
— Self
Cristina Odone
— Self
Michael Howard
— Self
Evelyn Waugh
— Self (archive footage)
Derek Granger
— Self
Tina Brown
— Self
Jane Asher
— Self
Gore Vidal
— Self
Arthur Waugh
— Self (archive footage)
Catherine Charlotte Waugh
— Self (archive footage)
Michael Johnson
— Self
Ferdinand Mount
— Self
Paul Morley
— Self
Christopher Simon Sykes
— Self
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
— Self
David Liddiment
— Self
Kate Nelligan
— Self (archive footage)
Charlotte Rampling
— Self (archive footage)