John Sessions

as Joseph Tomelty as Marley

as Bishop Tarcinkus

as Pumpermann

as Self

as Brownlow

as Presenter

as Mike Abbott

as Pere Tanguy

as DCI Frank Smilie

as Prof. Richard Evans

as Lord John Russell

as Doctor McLaren

as Lord Inquisitor

as Dr. Hermann

as The Accountant

as Ted Lowe

as Arthur Lowe

as Lord Boothby

as Narrator

as Mycroft Holmes

as Self - Narrator (voice)

as John Murray

as Mr. Smith

as Arthur Duncan

as Thorne

as Toal

as Reverend Adam Gillespie

as Lord Didcot

as Talk Show Host

as Sir Humphreys

as Edward Heath

as Hugh Davenport

as Norman Tebbit

as Tebbit

as Joe McCarthy

as Mr. Murray

as Self

as Folkes

as Harold Wilson

as Kenny Prince

as Derek - the line producer

as Mr. Lore

as Dushan

as Edward Mellanby

as Geoffrey Howe

as Finbar 'Finn' Darrow

as Mr Sowerberry

as Professor Bell

as Professor Rufus Strickfaden

as Geoff Fitzgerald

as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin

as Prof Barry Lennox

as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)

as Ridley

as Felix Miles Sty

as Gus

as Dennis Sciama

as Salerio

as Peasemarsh

as Mr. Reynard

as Rival Newspaper Editor

as Father McGinn

as Himself

as Self

as Harry Watkins / Lincoln

as George Henry Lewes

as Paul Jarrico

as General Tannis

as John Corntel

as Prof. Rutherford

as Director

as Shadrack Moore (voice)

as Dr Alfred Prunesquallor

as Jean Passepartout (voice)

as Self

as Philostrate

as Jerry Barnes

as Chudley (voice)

as Humphrey Gould

as Musical Director

as Hercules Fortescue

as Brian

as Henry Fielding

as Barrett Filby

as Daniel

as Redman

as Schoolmaster

as Terry Du Bois

as Prince Regent

as John Locke

as Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)

as James Boswell

as Scotty / Additional voices (voice)

as Self

as Daniel

as Dino

as Self

as Chief Inspector Haggerty

as John

as Bobby Buffet

as Macmorris

as Various Roles

as Self

as Laurence Olivier (Voice)

as Lord Penistone

as Various Characters

as Zipser

as Various Roles

as Antonio Gramsci

as Flight

as James Boswell

as Various Roles

as Mr. Sweetzer

as Man in Pub

as Barney Spitz

as Rodney

as Dean

as John Smith

as Patient

as Self

as Self - Panellist