 | Michael Palin als Gilbert Chilvers |
 | Maggie Smith als Joyce Chilvers |
 | Denholm Elliott als Dr. Swaby |
 | Richard Griffiths als Allardyce |
 | Tony Haygarth als Sutcliff |
 | John Normington als Lockwood |
 | Bill Paterson als Wormold |
 | Liz Smith als Mother |
 | Alison Steadman als Mrs. Allardyce |
 | Jim Carter als Inspector Noble |
 | Pete Postlethwaite als Nuttol |
 | Eileen O'Brien als Mrs. Sutcliff |
 | Rachel Davies als Mrs. Forbes |
 | Reece Dinsdale als P.C. Penny |
| Philip Wileman als Preston |
| Charles McKeown als Medcalf |
 | Susan Porrett als Mrs. Medcalf |
 | Donald Eccles als Father |
 | Denys Hawthorne als Hotel Manager |
 | Don Estelle als Barraclough |
| Eli Woods als Ernest |
| Amanda Gregan als Veronica |
| Paula Tilbrook als Mrs. Turnbull |
 | Bernard Wrigley als Painter |
| Lee Daley als Painter's Boy |
| Gilly Coman als Dorothy |
 | Maggie Ollerenshaw als Woman |
| Josie Lane als Mrs. Beavers |
| David Morgan als Mervin |
 | Jill Goldston als Woman in Cinema (uncredited) |
| Alan Bennett | Screenplay |
| Alan Bennett | Story |
| Malcolm Mowbray | Story |
| Malcolm Mowbray | Director |
| Micky Woolaard | Gaffer |
| Judith Lang | Art Direction |
| Anita Pickles | Makeup Artist |
| Michelle Guish | Casting |
| Michael Porter | Art Direction |
| David Farrell | Still Photographer |
| Debbie McWilliams | Casting |
| Stuart Walker | Production Design |
| Elizabeth Moss | Hairstylist |
| Tony Pierce-Roberts | Director of Photography |
| Malcolm MacIntosh | Camera Operator |
| Joan Hills | Makeup Artist |
| Phyllis Dalton | Costume Design |
| Mark Shivas | Producer |
| Jan Archibald | Hairstylist |
| Barrie Vince | Editor |
| John Du Prez | Conductor |
| Guy Travers | First Assistant Director |
| Nick Godden | Third Assistant Director |
| Ann Wingate | Production Manager |
| Scott Thomas | Assistant Editor |
| Ken Crouch | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Rosie Straker | Sound Assistant |
| Jack Carter | Construction Manager |
| Quico Rovira-Beleta | Translator |
| Mark White | Camera Car |
| Robert Gavin | Sound Editor |
| Tom Hughes | Painter |
| John Du Prez | Original Music Composer |
| Stephen Janisz | Sound Editor |
| Trevor Dyer | Standby Carpenter |
| Wendy Tayler | Publicist |
| Peter James | Clapper Loader |
| Joe Felix | Grip |
| John Cantwell | Electrician |
| Ginny Roncoroni | Production Assistant |
| Peter Arnold | Electrician |
| Alan Bailey | Property Master |
| Liz Ferwell | Finance |
| Frank Berlin | Painter |
| Christine Beveridge | Makeup Supervisor |
| Richard Morrison | Title Designer |
| Brian Brockwell | Production Accountant |
| Ray Cooper | Music Producer |
| Derek Suter | Clapper Loader |
| Larry Knox | Generator Operator |
| Nigel Galt | Sound Editor |
| Clive Barrett | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Alison Thorne | Continuity |
| Tamara Ingram | Producer's Assistant |
| Joanna Gollins | Location Manager |
| Jeffrey Witts | Dressing Prop |
| George Harrison | Executive Producer |
| Janet Tebrooke | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Michael Redfern | Sound Editor |
| Denis O'Brien | Executive Producer |
| Tony Jackson | Sound Recordist |
| Billy Bell | Technical Advisor |
