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Directed by
Garry John Hughes  (as Garry-John Hughes)
Elaine Shepherd 
 
Cast (in credits order)

Zoë Wanamaker ... Narrator (voice) (as Zoe Wanamaker)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Aaronovitch ... Himself
Barry Ackroyd ... Himself
Randall Adams ... Himself (archive footage)

Arthur Agee ... Himself
Benedict Allen ... Himself

Michael Apted ... Himself
Simon Armitage ... Himself
Jan Arriens ... Herself
David Attenborough ... Himself (as Sir David Attenborough)
Nicholas Barker ... Himself

John Battsek ... Himself
Peter Bazalgette ... Himself
Clare Beavan ... Herself
Tony Benn ... Himself
Henry Bonsu ... Himself
Richard Brock ... Himself
Nick Broomfield ... Himself
Ted Childs ... Himself
Joan Churchill ... Herself
Min Clough ... Herself
Patrick Collerton ... Himself
Henry Cooper ... Himself (as Sir Henry Cooper OBE)
Dan Cruickshank ... Himself
Richard Dale ... Himself

Charles Dance ... Himself
John Davidson ... Himself (archive footage)
Alain de Botton ... Himself
Richard Denton ... Himself
Dextrous ... Himself
Molly Dineen ... Herself
Geoff Dyer ... Himself

Roger Ebert ... Himself
Rob Evans ... Himself (as Dr. Rob Evans)

Pam Ferris ... Herself
Simon Ford ... Himself

Leon Gast ... Himself

William Gates ... Himself

Nelson George ... Himself
Tim Haines ... Himself
David Hall ... Himself
Paul Hamann ... Himself
David Harris ... Himself (archive footage)
Cassian Harrison ... Himself
Brian Hill ... Himself
Boyd Hilton ... Himself

Christopher Hird ... Himself
Harry Hook ... Himself
Bettany Hughes ... Herself
Oliver James ... Himself

Steve James ... Himself

Andrew Jarecki ... Himself
Francesca Joseph ... Herself
Valerie Kaye ... Herself
Edna Kennedy ... Herself
James King ... Himself
Stephen Lambert ... Himself
Claire Lewis ... Herself

Kevin Macdonald ... Himself
Donal MacIntyre ... Himself
Angus MacQueen ... Himself
Andrew Marr ... Himself
David Martill ... Himself (as Dr David Martill)
Nell McAndrew ... Herself
Ian McBride ... Himself
Ken McGill ... Himself
Jane Moore ... Herself

Errol Morris ... Himself
David Mortimer ... Himself
Chris Mullin ... Himself (as Chris Mullin MP)
Rieta Oord ... Herself

Michael Palin ... Himself
Martin Parr ... Himself
Norma Percy ... Herself
Barbara Pointon ... Herself
David Puttnam ... Himself (as Lord Puttnam)
Laurence Rees ... Himself
Maureen Rees ... Herself
Franc Roddam ... Himself
Jimmy Savile ... Himself (as Sir Jimmy Savile OBE)
Saira Shah ... Herself
Joe Simpson ... Himself
John Simpson ... Himself
Clive Stafford Smith ... Himself

Morgan Spurlock ... Himself
Graham Taylor ... Himself

Julien Temple ... Himself

Louis Theroux ... Himself
Michael Wadleigh ... Himself (archive footage)
Debbie Walker ... Herself
Tony Walker ... Himself
Paul Watson ... Himself
Jim White ... Himself
Heather Wilkins ... Herself
Margaret Wilkins ... Herself
Marian Wilkins ... Herself
Brian Winston ... Himself (as Professor Brian Winston)
Alan Yentob ... Himself
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Produced by
Gerard Barry .... series producer
Louise Doolan .... assistant producer
Garry John Hughes .... producer (as Garry-John Hughes)
Gary Monaghan .... executive producer
Katie Purnell .... assistant producer
Elaine Shepherd .... producer
 
Film Editing by
Peter Elphick 
Nick Scullard 
 
Production Management
Samantha Evans .... unit manager
 
Sound Department
Eric Fever .... sound
Nerys Richards .... dubbing mixer
Peter Sainsbury .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Simon Fanthorpe .... camera operator
Jim Fyans .... camera operator
Jon Stapleton .... camera operator
 
Editorial Department
Paul Fallon .... colorist
 
Other crew
Victoria Duffin .... production coordinator
Chris Holdridge .... researcher
Kathy Manners .... archive researcher
Vicky Mitchell .... researcher (as Victoria Mitchell)
Glenn Wood .... production runner
 

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