• 
  Michael Lindsay-Hogg

  regizor

• 
  John Mortimer

  scenarist

• 
  Jeremy Irons

  Charles Ryder
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  Phoebe Nicholls

  Cordelia Flyte
• 
  Anthony Andrews

  Sebastian Flyte
• 
  Bill Owen

  Lunt (1 episode, 1981)
• 
  John Grillo

  Mr. Samgrass (3 episodes, 1981)
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  Jenny Runacre

  Brenda Champion (2 episodes, 1981)

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  Ronald Fraser

  Red-Haired Man (2 episodes, 1981)
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  John Welsh

  Barber (1 episode, 1981)
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  Robert Urquhart

  Quartering Commandant (1 episode, 1981)
• 
  Stéphane Audran

  Cara (2 episodes, 1981)
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  John Byron

  Green-Faced Man (1 episode, 1981)
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  Anna Quayle

  Nancy Tallboys (1 episode, 1981)
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  Paul Butterworth

  Porter (1 episode, 1981)

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  Claire Bloom

  Lady Marchmain (5 episodes, 1981)
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  Maria Charles

  Ma Mayfield (1 episode, 1981)
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  John Gielgud

  Edward Ryder (5 episodes, 1981)
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  Laurence Olivier

  Lord Marchmain (2 episodes, 1981)
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  John Le Mesurier

  Father Mowbray (1 episode, 1981)
• 
  John Nettleton

  Commanding Officer (2 episodes, 1981)
• 
  Simon Chandler

  Lieutenant James (1 episode, 1981)
• 
  Jonathan Coy

  Kurt (1 episode, 1981)
• 
  Ralph Nossek

  Plender (2 episodes, 1981)
• 
  Mona Washbourne

  Nanny Hawkins (4 episodes, 1981)
• 
  Kenneth Cranham

  Sergeant Block (1 episode, 1981)
• 
  Stephen Mallatratt

  Medical Officer (1 episode, 1981)
• 
  Simon Jones

  Lord Brideshead 'Bridey' (8 episodes, 1981)
• 
  Nickolas Grace

  Anthony Blanche (3 episodes, 1981)
• 
  Vincent Osborne

  Blackbird (1 episode, 1981)
• 
  Michael Gough

  Doctor Grant (1 episode, 1981)
• 
  Nicholas Le Prevost

  Doctor (1 episode, 1981)
• 
  Marella Oppenheim

  Rakish Girl (1 episode, 1981)
• 
  Niall Toibin

  Father Mackay (1 episode, 1981)
• 
  Jane Asher

  Celia Ryder (2 episodes, 1981)
• 
  Robin Sachs

  Etonian  (2 episodes, 1981)
• 
  Nigel Le Vaillant

  Etonian  (2 episodes, 1981)