Ian Holm

F.R. Leavis

Leo McKern

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

Sara Kestelman

Queenie Leavis

Alan Cumming

Tulloch

Rufus Sewell

Mike Costain

John Lloyd Fillingham

Young F.R. Leavis

Helga Brindle

Young Queenie Leavis

Miranda Forbes

Miss Greve

Alice Douglas

Girton Girl

Sean O'Callaghan

Police Constable

Charles Dale

Ambulance Driver

Jack Gold