 | Mel Smith als Mr. Grimshaw |
 | Stephanie Beacham als Letitia Slighcarp |
 | Emily Hudson als Bonnie |
| Aleks Darowska als Sylvia |
 | Geraldine James als Gertrude Brisket |
 | Richard O'Brien als James |
 | Jane Horrocks als Pattern |
 | Rebecca Callard als Emma |
| Lynton Dearden als Simon |
 | Jonathan Coy als Lord Willoughby |
 | Eleanor David als Lady Willoughby |
| Abbie Dabner als Rupert |
 | Dilys Hamlett als Aunt Jane |
 | Gillian Hanna als Mrs. Shubunkin |
 | Jiří Lábus als Dr. Morne |
| William Martin als Joey |
 | Trevor Byfield als Train Driver |
| Robert Hamilton als Coal Man |
 | Tom Baker als Narrator (voice) |
| Stuart Orme | Director |
| Joan Aiken | Novel |
| William M. Akers | Writer |
| Raymond Day | Associate Producer |
| Mark Forstater | Producer |
| Colin Towns | Original Music Composer |
| Paul Beeson | Director of Photography |
| Martin Walsh | Editor |
| Sheila Trezise | Casting |
| Christopher Hobbs | Production Design |
| Karel Černý | Art Direction |
| Ivana Chlostova | Hairstylist |
| Kezia De Winne | Makeup Supervisor |
| Božena Došlá | Hairstylist |
| František Příhoda | Makeup Artist |
| Jan Balzer | Production Manager |
| Bernard Bellew | Third Assistant Director |
| Mirek Lux | Assistant Director |
| Petr Makovička | Assistant Director |
| Jiří Ostrý | First Assistant Director |
| Phyllida Poltock | Second Assistant Director |
| Ken Shane | First Assistant Director |
| Karel Kočí | Property Master |
| Peter Bond | Dialogue Editor |
| Peter Dansie | Assistant Dialogue Editor |
| Daryl Jordan | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Steve O'Brien | Boom Operator |
| Rupert Scrivener | Sound Mixer |
| Timothy Vine | Sound Editor |
| Miroslav Čvorsjuk | Camera Operator |
| John Fletcher | Focus Puller |
| Jamie Harcourt | Camera Operator |
| Jan Kuděla | Still Photographer |
| Mike Laye | Still Photographer |
| Jaroslav Novák | Gaffer |
| Laurie Shane | Gaffer |
| Petr Svoboda | Electrician |
| Linda Alderson | Costume Coordinator |
| Iveta Trmalová | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Bettina Woolgar | Assistant Editor |
| Graham Walker | Music Supervisor |
| Allan Wilson | Conductor |
| Andrea Fontaine | Continuity |
| Lorraine Goodman | Production Coordinator |
| Eva Heyworth | Translator |
| Nelly Jenčíková | Production Accountant |
| Johana Kaplanova | Production Coordinator |
| Olga Michálková | Costume Design |
