Richard Albrecht
饰 Self - Narrator (voice)
Alfred Wainwright
饰 Self (archive footage)
Nik Wood-Jones
饰 Alfred Wainwright (as Nik Wood Jones)
Jenny Hull
饰 Betty Wainwright
Jack Shalloo
饰 Young Wainwright
Sarah Marsland
饰 Little Girl
John Morgan
饰 Book Publisher
Linda McCormack
饰 Ruth (voice)
Sue Lawley
饰 Self - Presenter, 'Desert Island Discs', 1988-2006
Hunter Davies
饰 Self - Wainwright's Biographer
Eric Robson
饰 Self - Broadcaster and Writer
Betty Wainwright
饰 Self - Wainwright's Widow
Jane King
饰 Self - Wainwright's Stepdaughter
Mary Burkett
饰 Self - Wainwright's Friend (as Mary Burkett OBE)
Molly Lefebure
饰 Self - Novellist and Wainwright's Friend
John Estensen
饰 Self - Former Manager, Animal Rescue, Cumbria
