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Ben Chaplin
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Charlotte Riley
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Nora von Waldstätten
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Gwenda
(8 episodes, 2012)
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen
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Rupert Evans
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Tom Weston-Jones
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Cynthia Nixon
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Petranilla
(8 episodes, 2012)
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Tom Cullen
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Blake Ritson
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Sally Bankes
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Madge Webber
(8 episodes, 2012)
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Neil Bell
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Sim Chapman
(8 episodes, 2012)
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Alexandra Gallusz
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Merchant
(8 episodes, 2012)
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Diana Kent
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Rose
(8 episodes, 2012)
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Aure Atika
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Tatiana Maslany
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Sister Meir
(7 episodes, 2012)
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Miranda Richardson
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Mother Cecilia
(6 episodes, 2012)
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Peter Firth
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Sarah Gadon
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Philippa
(6 episodes, 2012)
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Jason Langley
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Matthias
(6 episodes, 2012)
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Sarah Beck Mather
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Annet
(5 episodes, 2012)
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Richard Durden
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Ian Pirie
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Elfric
(5 episodes, 2012)
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Carlo Rota
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Kostja Ullmann
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David Bradley
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Caroline Boulton
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Sister Elisabeth
(4 episodes, 2012)
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Iván Fenyö
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Jude Wright
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Sam (child)
(4 episodes, 2012)
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Megan Follows
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Maud
(3 episodes, 2012)
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André Hennicke
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Joby
(3 episodes, 2012)
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Daniel Ainsleigh
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Duncan Bell
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Saul Whitehead
(3 episodes, 2012)
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Romy Caton-Jones
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Young Joan
(3 episodes, 2012)
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Oliver Doherty
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David
(3 episodes, 2012)
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Oliver Maltman
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John Owens
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Alex Palmer
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John Rado
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Friar Murdo
(3 episodes, 2012)
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Danny Scheinmann
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Jeremiah
(3 episodes, 2012)
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Scott Alexander Young
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John Constable
(3 episodes, 2012)
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Attila Árpa
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Indira Varma
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Mattie Wise
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Andrew Bicknell
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Gerald
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Max Jacob Brownas
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Dan Cade
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Handsome Jim
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Hera Hilmar
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Margery
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Mike Kelly
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Merchant John
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Antal Konrád
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Peter Linka
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Perking
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Victor McGuire
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Gyula Mesterházy
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Guard
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Kevin Moore
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Stewart Scudamore
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Bonaventura Carolli
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Grant Stimpson
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Gregory Longfellow
(2 episodes, 2012)
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World Without End is an amazing television series, full of fascinating characters and twisting plots set within interesting historical times. Loosely based on the Ken Follett novel, the first 7 episodes are exciting and capture the spirit of the book, with small plot deviations suited to television. The finale, Episode 8, diverges greatly from the book and becomes trite, with several unbelievable events, including a sword fight between two highly unlikely combatants. While I look forward to watching the first seven episodes again and would highly recommend them to others, I would skip the finale as it just does not match the quality of the rest of the series.