Jim Broadbent

as Cardinal Pole

as Charles Dickens (voice)

as Self - Interviewee

as Peter Schneider

as Colin Jones

as Samuel Gruber

as Narrator (voice)

as Duke of Leicester(2 eps)

as George

as Narrator

as Self - Contributor

as Harold Fry

as Snaggleroot (voice)(1 ep)

as Richard Nightingale(1 ep)

as Grosspapa (voice)

as Lord Marcham(1 ep)

as King

as Kempton Bunton

as Self

as Father Roberts(3 eps)

as Charlie

as Jim(2 eps)

as George(1 ep)

as Lord Thomas Badgley

as Self

as Christopher the Poet (voice)(1 ep)

as Lord Kilmichael

as Terry Perkins

as Earl of Gloucester

as Lewis Silkin MP

as Samuel Gruber

as Horozovich (voice)

as Tony Webster

as Ernest Briggs (voice)

as Dad

as Prime Minister

as BBC Commentator

as Prince Bolkonsky(6 eps)

as Scottie(5 eps)

as Underwood

as Father Flood

as Britischer Botschafter

as Old Leo

as Santa Claus

as Self

as Samuel Gruber

as Herbert

as CEO (voice)

as Cleaner

as DCS Tommy Butler(2 eps)

as Stan (voice)

as Nick Burrows

as Dr Rossi

as Attorney General

as Professor Horace Slughorn(1 ep)

as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2

as Self

as Denis Thatcher

as DCI Ponk(3 eps)

as Santa (voice)

as Horace Slughorn

as Sam Ronstadt(3 eps)

as Archmaester Ebrose(4 eps)

as Logan Mountstuart (Older)(4 eps)

as Tom

as Jim McCrea

as Horace Slughorn

as Sam Longson

as King William IV

as Narrator (voice)

as Fenoglio

as Sir Oliver Lodge

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Dean Charles Stanforth

as G.P. (voice)

as Arthur Morrison

as Self

as Self(1 ep)

as Inspector Frank Butterman

as Lord Longford

as Jimmy

as Stan McDermott(6 eps)

as Prof. Digory Kirke

as Sergeant (voice)

as Madame Gasket (voice)

as Brian (voice)

as Dad

as Judge

as Mr. Osborne

as Eddie (voice)

as Lord Kelvin

as The Rabbit (voice)

as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)

as Alfred Salteena

as The Drunken Major

as Harry Aitken

as Dad

as Mr. Wackford Squeers

as Boss Tweed

as The Wizard (voice)

as Desmond Morton

as John Bayley

as Harold Zidler

as Self

as Bridget's Dad

as W. S. Gilbert

as The Shy Doctor

as Mr. Boo

as Mother

as Percy

as Percy

as Pod Clock

as Peter Duffley(12 eps)

as Jim

as Dr. Lagermann

as Basil

as Percy

as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)(8 eps)

as Percy (voice)(17 eps)

as Chief Inspector Heat

as The Duke of Buckingham

as Doc Ansell

as Col. Alfred D. Wintle

as Warner Purcell

as Mr. Worrall

as Con Clancy

as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)

as Deric Longden

as George

as The Earl of Leete

as Monty Plant(6 eps)

as 23rd Earl of Leete

as Col

as Self - Narrator(6 eps)

as Jim Morley(6 eps)

as Frederick Arbuthnot

as Selwyn Proops(1 ep)

as Carmelo

as Carmello(1 ep)

as Andy

as Grocer

as Roulin

as Alan Hammond(1 ep)

as Steven Parrish(1 ep)

as Deric Longden(1 ep)

as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)

as Standford Hartley

as (voice)

as Prince Albert

as Donald

as Ossipon(1 ep)

as Jean Pierre Dubois

as Jimmy

as Charlie Bennett(1 ep)

as Gutling

as Jem Rodney

as Roger Miles

as Dalcroix(2 eps)

as Maitre Jacques(1 ep)

as Tes Goodwin

as Ted Goodwin(1 ep)

as Dr. Jaffe

as Nick/Father Christmas

as Barrister

as Uncle Keith(1 ep)

as Geoff Figg

as Geoff Figg(1 ep)

as Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter(1 ep)

as Orderly

as Vicar

as Second Attendant

as Second Attendant(1 ep)

as Mr Horsfall

as Joseph - Orderly

as Self (archive footage)

as DI Stanley Richardson(1 ep)

as Roy Slater(2 eps)

as Compere

as Film Crew

as Mr. Champing

as Station Porter

as Stewart

as Mackaness

as Mr Lovejoy(1 ep)

as German Soldier (uncredited)

as Woodcutter

as Fielder in Cowpat

as Stewart(1 ep)

as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)

as Mr. Horsfall(1 ep)

as Mr. Champing(1 ep)

as Roulin(1 ep)

as Self(1 ep)

as Self - Nominee(1 ep)