 | David Dimbleby | ... | Himself - Presenter |
| Peter Sissons | ... | Himself |
| Peter Snow | ... | Himself |
| John Cole | ... | Himself - BBC Political Editor |
| Peter Kellner | ... | Himself |
| Anthony King | ... | Himself - University of Essex (as Professor Anthony King) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: |
| Kate Adie | ... | Herself |
| George Alagiah | ... | Himself |
| Rupert Allason | ... | Himself - Conservative |
| David Amess | ... | Himself - Conservative |
| Jeffrey Archer | ... | Himself - Former Conservative Deputy Chairman |
| Paddy Ashdown | ... | Himself - Leader, Liberal Democrats |
| Kenneth Baker | ... | Himself - Home Secretary |
| Tony Banks | ... | Himself - Labour |
| Martin Bashir | ... | Himself |
| Margaret Beckett | ... | Herself - Labour, Treasury |
| Alan Beith | ... | Himself - Liberal Democrat, Treasury |
| Tony Blair | ... | Himself - Labour, Employment |
| Virginia Bottomley | ... | Herself - Conservative |
| John Bowis | ... | Himself - Conservative |
| Rhodes Boyson | ... | Himself - Conservative (as Sir Rhodes Boyson) |
| Rory Bremner | ... | Himself |
| Gordon Brown | ... | Himself - Labour, Trade and Industry |
| Michael Buerk | ... | Himself |
| Paul Burden | ... | Himself |
| Sue Cameron | ... | Herself |
| Lynda Chalker | ... | Herself - Minister for Overseas Development |
| Alan Clark | ... | Himself - Conservative |
| Kenneth Clarke | ... | Himself - Education Secretary |
| William Clark | ... | Himself - Conservative (as Sir William Clark) |
| Michael Cockerell | ... | Himself |
| Sebastian Coe | ... | Himself - Conservative |
| Robin Cook | ... | Himself - Labour, Health |
| Sue Cook | ... | Herself |
| Jane Corbin | ... | Herself |
| James Cox | ... | Himself |
| Jack Cunningham | ... | Himself - Labour Campaign Coordinator (as Dr Jack Cunningham) |
| John Curtice | ... | Himself - Strathclyde University |
| Jill Dando | ... | Herself |
| David Davies | ... | Himself |
| Frank Dobson | ... | Himself - Labour Energy |
| Mark Easton | ... | Himself |
| Ben Elton | ... | Himself |
| Fred Emery | ... | Himself |
| Michael Foot | ... | Himself - Labour Leader 1980-83 |
| Anna Ford | ... | Herself |
| Michael Forsyth | ... | Himself - Conservative |
| Don Foster | ... | Himself - Liberal Democrat |
| Olenka Frenkiel | ... | Herself |
| Felicity Goodey | ... | Herself |
| Bryan Gould | ... | Himself - Labour, Environment |
| Andrew Harvey | ... | Himself |
| Roy Hattersley | ... | Himself - Labour Deputy Leader |
| Philip Hayton | ... | Himself |
| Michael Heseltine | ... | Himself - Environment Secretary |
| Gavin Hewitt | ... | Himself |
| Tim Hirsh | ... | Himself (as Tim Hirsch) |
| Douglas Hurd | ... | Himself - Foreign Secretary |
| Glenda Jackson | ... | Herself - Labour |
| Roy Jenkins | ... | Himself - Liberal Democrat (as Lord Jenkins of Hillhead) |
| Nigel Jones | ... | Himself - Liberal Democrat |
| Charles Kennedy | ... | Himself - Liberal Democrat President |
| Neil Kinnock | ... | Himself |
| Norman Lamont | ... | Himself - Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Ian Lang | ... | Himself - Scottish Secretary |
| Martyn Lewis | ... | Himself |
| Ken Livingstone | ... | Himself - Labour |
| Iain MacWhirter | ... | Himself |
| John Major | ... | Himself |
| Peter Mandelson | ... | Himself - Labour, Hartlepool |
| Tom Mangold | ... | Himself |
| Mark Mardell | ... | Himself |
| Peter Marshall | ... | Himself |
| Forbes McFall | ... | Himself |
| David Mellor | ... | Himself - Chief Secretary to the Treasury |
| Peter Morgan | ... | Himself |
| Neil Mudie | ... | Himself |
| Denis Murray | ... | Himself |
| Cecil Parkinson | ... | Himself - Conservative Chairman 1981-83 |
| Chris Patten | ... | Himself - Conservative Party Chairman |
| Jeremy Paxman | ... | Himself |
| Greg Pope | ... | Himself - Labour |
| Michael Portillo | ... | Himself - Conservative |
| John Potter | ... | Himself - Labour |
| John Prescott | ... | Himself - Labour, Transport |
| John Redwood | ... | Himself - Conservative |
| Nicholas Ridley | ... | Himself - Conservative |
| Malcolm Rifkind | ... | Himself - Transport Secretary |
| Angela Rumbold | ... | Herself - Conservative |
| Alex Salmond | ... | Himself - Leader, Scottish National Party |
| Jim Sillars | ... | Himself - Dep Leader - Scottish National Party |
| John Simpson | ... | Himself |
| John Smith | ... | Himself - Shadow Chancellor |
| Jon Sopel | ... | Himself |
| David Steel | ... | Himself - Liberal Democrat, Foreign Affairs (as Sir David Steel) |
| Francine Stock | ... | Herself |
| John Taylor | ... | Himself - Conservative |
| John Taylor | ... | Himself - Ulster Unionist Party |
| Margaret Thatcher | ... | Herself |
| John Wakeham | ... | Himself - Energy Secretary |
| Vivian White | ... | Himself |
| Brian Wilson | ... | Himself - Labour |
| Des Wilson | ... | Himself - Liberal Democrat Campaign Director |
| Kenyon Wright | ... | Himself - Scottish Constitutional Convention (as Canon Kenyon Wright) |
