Emilia Fox

Narrator

Simon Callow

Alexander Pope

Harriet Walter

Duchess of Marlborough

John Cleese

Interviewee

Jeff Rawle

Dr Johnson

Shubham Saraf

Lord Byron

Agatha Elwes

Lady Arabella Fermor

Felicity Rosslyn

Interviewee

Philip Hensher

Interviewee

Peter Bevan

Sophie Bevan