| Susan Hampshire | ... | Glencora | |
| Philip Latham | ... | Plantagenet | |
| Donal McCann | ... | Phineas Finn | |
| Roland Culver | ... | Duke of Omnium | |
| Barbara Murray | ... | Madame Max Goesler | |
| Anna Massey | ... | Laura Kennedy | |
| Derek Godfrey | ... | Robert Kennedy | |
| John Hallam | ... | Lord Chiltern | |
| Mel Martin | ... | Violet Effingham | |
| Lockwood West | ... | Lord Brentford | |
| Roger Livesey | ... | The Duke of St. Bungay | |
| Maire Ni Ghrainne | ... | Mary Flood | |
| Neil Stacy | ... | Lawrence Fitzgibbon | |
| Bryan Pringle | ... | Mr. Monk | |
| Moray Watson | ... | Barrington Erle | |
| Norman Shelley | ... | Mr. Mildmay | |
| Clifford Rose | ... | Quintus Slide | |
| Donald Pickering | ... | Dolly Longstaffe | |
| Rosalind Knight | ... | Aspasia Fitzgibbon | |
| Brenda Cowling | ... | Mrs. Bunce | |
| Sydney Bromley | ... | Mr. Clarkson (as Sidney Bromley) | |
| Maurice Quick | ... | Collingwood | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| John Gielgud | ... | Himself - Host | |
| Episode Crew |
Directed by | |||
| Hugh David | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Simon Raven | writer | |
| Anthony Trollope | novel | |
Produced by | |||
| Martin Lisemore | .... | producer | |
Production Design by | |||
| Raymond Cusick | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Sue Bide | .... | makeup artist | |
Other crew | |||
| Lennox Phillips | .... | script editor | |
| Series Crew These people are regular crew members. Were they in this episode? |
Original Music by | |||
| Herbert Chappell | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Mike Crisp | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Maggie Weston | .... | makeup artist | |
Sound Department | |||
| Colin Clark | .... | sound | |
| Graham Haines | .... | sound | |
| Chris Holcombe | .... | sound | |
| John Holmes | .... | sound | |
| Ian Leiper | .... | sound | |
| Graham Rogers | .... | sound | |
| John Staple | .... | sound | |
| Bill Wild | .... | sound | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Maggie Fletcher | .... | costume supervisor | |
| Andrew Rose | .... | costume supervisor | |
Music Department | |||
| Patrick Harvey | .... | musician: piano | |
| Tom McCall | .... | musician: piano | |
Other crew | |||
| Lovett Bickford | .... | production assistant | |
| Fiona Cumming | .... | production assistant | |
| John Harris | .... | production assistant | |
| John Nathan-Turner | .... | production assistant | |
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