On screen
Cast
31 credited performers
Paul Eddington
Jim Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds
Bernard Woolley
Artwork unavailable
Diana Hoddinott
Character not listed
John Nettleton
Sir Arnold Robinson
Artwork unavailable
Deborah Norton
Character not listed
Peter Cellier
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Donald Pickering
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Frederick Treves
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Peter Cartwright
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Antony Carrick
Bill Pritchard
Ludovic Kennedy
Character not listed
Artwork unavailable
John Wells
Character not listed
Nicholas Courtney
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Gwen Taylor
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Myfanwy Talog
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Oscar Quitak
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Frank Middlemass
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Michael Aldridge
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Richard Vernon
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Christopher Benjamin
Character not listed
Michael Byrne
Character not listed
John Normington
Character not listed
Robert East
Character not listed
Jonathan Adams
Professor Marriott
Philip Anthony
Cabinet Member
Artwork unavailable
Sadie Hamilton
Reporter
Denis Lill
Derek Burnham
John Bird
Simon Monk
Geoffrey Beevers
Arts Minister
Guy Standeven
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)