Performance

Ian Holm

Astrov (1 episode), Sir William Collyer (1 episode), Lear (1 episode), Duff (1 episode)

Elizabeth McGovern

Margaret Hyman (1 episode), Helen Schwartz (1 episode)

Bill Nighy

Hugh Marriner (1 episode), Roger Maitland (1 episode)

Susan Brown

Bill (1 episode), Maria (1 episode)

Timothy Spall

Chico (1 episode), Jimmy Beales (1 episode)

Jane Horrocks

Marta (1 episode), Beatie Bryant (1 episode)

Colin Firth

Freddie Page (1 episode), Charles Holroyd (1 episode)

David Bamber

Guy (1 episode)

Roger Frost

Bernie (1 episode)

John Sessions

Daniel (1 episode)

Michael Gambon

Archie Rice (1 episode)

Bill Owen

Billy Rice (1 episode)

Fiona Shaw

Richard II (1 episode)

Graham Crowden

John of Gaunt (1 episode)

Richard Bremmer

Henry Bolingbroke (1 episode)

David Warner

Vanya (1 episode)

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Yelena (1 episode)

Ian Bannen

Serebryakov (1 episode)

Rebecca Pidgeon

Sonya (1 episode)

Rachel Kempson

Mariya Vasilyevna (1 episode)

Sandra Voe

Nanny (1 episode)

Roger Hammond

Waffles (1 episode)

Jimmy Flynn

Workman (1 episode)

James Warrior

Workman (1 episode)

Patrick Godfrey

1st Conservative MP (1 episode)

Annette Crosbie

1st Labour MP (1 episode)

John Neville

Sir David Browning (1 episode)

Mandy Patinkin

Dr. Harry Hyman (1 episode)

Judi Dench

Christine Foskett (1 episode)

Susan Porrett

Doris (1 episode)

Paul Birchard

Butch (1 episode)

Sylvia Barter

Julia Shillitoe (1 episode)

Ronald Pickup

Siegfried Shrager (1 episode)

Francesca Annis

Elizabeth Collier (1 episode)

Eileen Page

Mrs. Marriner (1 episode)

Gregory Floy

Michael Crowley (1 episode)

Charles Gray

Maurice Hussey (1 episode)

Nathaniel Parker

Sam Mitchum (1 episode)

Moyra Fraser

Lettice Willis (1 episode)

William Osborne

Cyril Clatworthy (1 episode)

Betty Marsden

R. B. Monody (1 episode)

Tom Wilkinson

Duke Vincentio (1 episode)

Corin Redgrave

Angelo (1 episode)

David Bradley

Barnadine (1 episode)

Sue Johnston

Mistress Overdone (1 episode)

Ben Miles

Claudio (1 episode)

James Frain

Macbeth (1 episode)

David Harewood

Macduff (1 episode)

Ray Winstone

Duncan (1 episode)

Susan Vidler

Lady Macbeth (1 episode)

Les Dawson

Nona (1 episode)

Liz Smith

Anyula (1 episode)

Jim Broadbent

Carmello (1 episode)

Maurice Denham

Don Francisco (1 episode)

Geraldine Somerville

Ann Welch (1 episode)

Stephen Tompkinson

Philip Welch (1 episode)

Barbara Flynn

Goneril (1 episode)

Amanda Redman

Regan (1 episode)

John Malkovich

Deeley (1 episode)

Kate Nelligan

Kate (1 episode)

Miranda Richardson

Anna (1 episode)

Paul Bhattacharjee

Dr. Bahru (1 episode)

Emily Watson

Rosalie (1 episode)

Saskia Reeves

Irina Shestova (1 episode)

Deborah Findlay

Isabella Bird (1 episode)

Beth Goddard

Waitress (1 episode)

Cecily Hobbs

Pope Joan (1 episode)

Sarah Lam

Lady Nijo (1 episode)

Lesley Manville

Marlene (1 episode)

Anna Patrick

Griselda (1 episode)

Lesley Sharp

Angie (1 episode)

Anne Bancroft

Mrs. Fanning (1 episode)

Joan Cusack

Annie (1 episode)

Stephen Lang

(1 episode)

Hugh Grant

Richard Neville (1 episode)

Peter O'Brien

James Anderson (1 episode)

Kevin Allen

Felix Dennis (1 episode)

Leslie Phillips

Judge Michael Argyle (1 episode)

Nigel Hawthorne

Brian Leary (1 episode)

Simon Callow

John Mortimer (1 episode)

Kenneth Branagh

Donal Davoren (1 episode)

Stephen Rea

Seamus Shields (1 episode)

Jeremy Irons

Odon Von Horvath (1 episode)

Alec Guinness

Heinrich Mann (1 episode)

Charles Durning

Charles F. Money (1 episode)

Carsten Norgaard

Young Man (1 episode)

Zoë Wanamaker

Mrs Holroyd (1 episode)

Stephen Dillane

Mr Blackmore (1 episode)

Melanie Hill

Laura (1 episode)

Wayne Foskett

Rigley (1 episode)

Shane Fox

Jack (1 episode)

Pam Ferris

Mrs Bryant (1 episode)

Imelda Staunton

Jenny Beales (1 episode)

Ewan Hooper

Mr Bryant (1 episode)

Bryan Pringle

Stan Mann (1 episode)

Christopher Eccleston

Frankie Bryant (1 episode)

Adie Allen

Pearl Bryant (1 episode)

Keith Osborn

Mr Healey (1 episode)

Penelope Wilton

Beth (1 episode)

Adrian Lester

Bobby (1 episode)

Rebecca Front

Sarah (1 episode)

Sam Mendes

Self (1 episode)

Eileen Atkins

Mrs Mailland (1 episode)

Jennifer Ehle

Phyllis Maitland (1 episode)

Emma Fielding

Joan Clareville (1 episode)

Edward Fox

Major Luddington (1 episode)

Harriet Walter

Dorothy Maitland (1 episode)

Samuel West

Jack Maitland (1 episode)

Henry Power

Arnold (1 episode)

Amanda Drew

Daisy (1 episode)

Geoffrey Robertson

Writer (19 episodes)

Arnold Wesker

Novel (1 episode)

Simon Curtis

Producer (19 episodes), Executive producer (3 episodes)

Simon Curtis

Director (1 episode)

Lindsay Posner

Director (1 episode)