Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
| Dominic Allan | ... | (scripts) |
| Ian Davis | ... | (scripts) |
| Chris Holker | ... | (scripts) |
| Jane Van Knijff | ... | (scripts) |
Cast (in credits order)
| Robert Powell | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Georges Abdallah | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Corazon Aquino | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Kenneth Baker | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Benazir Bhutto | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Lord Blandford | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Boy George | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Richard Branson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jacques Chirac | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Nicholas Daniloff | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Jean-Claude Duvalier | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Laurent Fabius | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Sarah Ferguson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Muammar Gaddafi | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Muammar Gadaffi) | |
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Rajiv Gandhi | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Bob Geldof | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Paul Getty | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Georges Hansen | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Derek Hatton | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Michael Heseltine | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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David Jacobsen | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Elton John | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Neil Kinnock | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Ferdinand Marcos | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Christa McAuliffe | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Paul McCartney | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ron McNair | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| George Michael | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| François Mitterrand | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Hosni Mubarak | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Rupert Murdoch | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Rick Parfitt | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Shimon Peres | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Pope John Paul II | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Prince Andrew | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Queen Elizabeth II | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ronald Reagan | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Andrew Ridgeley | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Philippe Rochot | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Andrei Sakharov | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Anatoly Sharansky | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Eduard Shevardnadze | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Peter Shilton | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| George Shultz | ... | Self (archive footage) (as George Schultz) | |
| Elizabeth Taylor | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Margaret Thatcher | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Tina Turner | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Terry Waite | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Peter Wright | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Gennadi Zakharov | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Bryan Adams | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
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Sadiq Al-Mahdi | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Joan Armatrading | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| King Charles III | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Eric Clapton | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
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Martha Layne Collins | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Phil Collins | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
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Ray Cooper | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Roland Dumas | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Ronald Ferguson | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Geoffrey Howe | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| John Illsley | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Gregory Jarvis | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Howard Jones | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
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Duchess of Kent | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Glenys Kinnock | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Mark Knopfler | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Helmut Kohl | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Kelvin Mackenzie | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Imelda Marcos | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Ellison Onizuka | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Mark Phillips | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Prince Philip | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Princess Anne | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Princess Diana | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Princess Margaret | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Nancy Reagan | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Produced by
| Ron Glenister | ... | producer |
| Jonathan Martin | ... | executive producer |
| Philip Nugus | ... | executive producer |
Sound Department
| Nigel Read | ... | dubbing mixer |
| Ian Selwyn | ... | dubbing mixer |
Editorial Department
| Stewart Gray | ... | on-line editor |
| Fred Ives | ... | off-line editor |
| Peter Roemmele | ... | off-line editor |
Music Department
| Alan Howe | ... | music advisor |
Additional Crew
| George Marshall | ... | research |
| Marie Vieira | ... | production secretary |