Michael Palin

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The Reverend Charles Fortescue

Maggie Smith

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Lady Isabel Ames

Trevor Howard

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Lord Henry Ames

Denholm Elliott

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The Bishop of London

Graham Crowden

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Fitzbanks

Phoebe Nicholls

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Deborah Fitzbanks

Michael Hordern

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Slatterthewaite/Narrator

David Suchet

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Corbett

Timothy Spall

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Parswell

Tricia George

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Ada