Bill Paterson

as Louis

as Self

as Father

as Self - Narrator

as Henry

as Self

as Zoo Director (voice)

as Family Lawyer

as Lord Lyman Beesbury

as Dr. John Hathaway

as Ackerson's Dad

as Gordon Forsythe

as Narrator

as Dr. Baker

as Self

as Dr. Mandelbaum

as Felix

as Roy Lynch

as Tony Tillerton

as Narrator (voice)

as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch

as Gordon Burstead

as Kolodon

as Mr. Grimsby

as Narrator (voice)

as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

as Dad

as Charles

as Lord Moran

as Private Frazer

as Mercer

as Simon Featherstone

as Sir Neville Archibald

as Ned Gowan

as Lord Morley

as Narrator

as Mr. Green

as Reg Troughton

as James Perez

as Various

as Narrator

as Professor Jericho

as Judge Underwood

as Kurt Ohnesorge

as Narrator (Voice)

as Self

as Himself

as Dr. Gully

as Dr James Niven

as Clement Attlee

as George Castle

as Narrator

as Old Bill

as Mr. Meagles

as Richard Young

as Harry Box

as Self - 'Henry Salt'

as Self - Narrator (voice)

as Dr Watson

as Self

as Dr. Martin

as Rupert Potter

as Lord Dundas

as Self - Guest

as Narrator (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Narrator

as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd

as Edwin Bracewell

as Bradley

as DCI Collman

as DCI Collman

as The Storyteller (voice)

as Dr. Douglas Monaghan

as Sir James Brown

as Theo

as DI Nick Biddiss

as John Tilson

as Alexander Maximovich Gromeko

as Patrick Jamieson

as Himself - Narrator

as Gerald

as Father

as Harry Woolf

as Sinclair Carver

as D.I. Neil Sleightholme

as Narrator

as James Connolly

as Wallace Byatt

as Professor Teddy Knox

as Mr Gibson

as Minister of Justice

as Tommy

as Mr. Kreitman

as Cello Teacher

as Walrus

as Ben White

as Brian

as Self

as DCI Cameron

as Capt. Davidson

as Kenneth McHoan

as Bull

as Narrator (voice)

as Sir Richard Ratcliffe

as Joe Small

as Baxter

as James Webb

as James Webb

as Narrator

as Stephen Blackpool

as Stephen Blackpool

as Howard Mullen

as Kenneth Marsh

as Dr Gold

as Stage Manager

as Anthony Steadman

as Chief Inspector

as Sandy

as Victor Swayle

as Alex McPherson

as Mr Jenkins

as Jordan

as PC Howard Mullen

as John Lithgow

as Gordon Highway

as Charles I

as Henry Salt

as Titorelli

as Chief Inspector Snape

as Father/F.S. McDade

as Alex McPherson

as Titorelli

as The Producer

as Det. Supt. Chase

as Sullivan

as Colin

as Anthony

as Mr. Valentine

as Victor Rosen

as Dr Gibbon

as Colin

as Det. Supt. Chase

as Jack Macleod

as Self

as Mr Mole

as Dr. MacEntire

as Wormold

as Alan

as Ally Fraser

as Lecturer

as Lauder Strickland

as Tony

as Lopakhin

as Third Man in Lift

as Girling

as Bus Conductor

as Sergeant Mull

as King James I

as Archie MacLean

as Luke

as Girling

as Jim Finlayson

as Various

as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)

as Luke

as Archie MacLean

as Jackie Jordan

as Winston

as Owain