On screen
Cast
30 credited performers
Ronnie Barker
Norman Stanley Fletcher
Patricia Brake
Ingrid Fletcher
Bill Nighy
Self - Narrator
Peter Vaughan
Harry Grout
Christopher Biggins
Lukewarm
Melvyn Bragg
Himself
Artwork unavailable
Arnold Brooks
Trevor
Suzie Chard
Isobel Fletcher
Scott Chisholm
Child Norman
Artwork unavailable
Roy Evans
Ted Prendergast
Artwork unavailable
Alexander Francis
Child Dai
Artwork unavailable
Rex Garner
George Fletcher
Nathan Harmer
Norman Junior
Ken Jones
Bernard Ives
Artwork unavailable
Josie Kidd
Gloria
Sue Lawley
Herself (voice)
Ray Lonnen
Roy Scotcher
Artwork unavailable
Barry McCullough
Child George
Richard Ng Yiu-Hon
Chan Kai Leong
Bob Harris
Himself
Tony Osoba
Jim McLaren
Artwork unavailable
Malcolm Rogers
Dai Davis
Jimmy Roussounis
Reporter
David Schaal
Jim Grady
Artwork unavailable
Alison Senior
Young Gloria
Peter Stringfellow
Himself
Artwork unavailable
David Swift
Harold McEwan
Artwork unavailable
Gareth Farr
Young Fletcher
Sam Kelly
'Bunny' Warren
Artwork unavailable
John H. Francis
Martin Gillespie