Simon Callow

Character: Narrator

Jeremy Irons

Character: Self

Charles Sturridge

Character: Self

Rupert Smith

Character: Self

Peter York

Character: Self

Clifford Longley

Character: Self

Nickolas Grace

Character: Self

Jenni Murray

Character: Self

Bevis Hillier

Character: Self

Anthony Andrews

Character: Self

Simon Hoggart

Character: Self

Dick Fiddy

Character: Self

Diana Quick

Character: Self

Cristina Odone

Character: Self

Michael Howard

Character: Self

Evelyn Waugh

Character: Self (archive footage)

Derek Granger

Character: Self

Tina Brown

Character: Self

Jane Asher

Character: Self

Gore Vidal

Character: Self

Arthur Waugh

Character: Self (archive footage)

Catherine Charlotte Waugh

Character: Self (archive footage)

Michael Johnson

Character: Self

Ferdinand Mount

Character: Self

Paul Morley

Character: Self

Christopher Simon Sykes

Character: Self

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Character: Self

David Liddiment

Character: Self

Kate Nelligan

Character: Self (archive footage)

Charlotte Rampling

Character: Self (archive footage)

John Gielgud

Character: Self (archive footage)

Laurence Olivier

Character: Self (archive footage)

Geoffrey Burgon

Character: Self