On screen
Cast
139 credited performers
Richard Dimbleby
Self - Presenter
Max Robertson
Self - Presenter
Richard Bilton
reporter
Jane Corbin
Character not listed
Tony Benn
Character not listed
Neil Kinnock
Character not listed
Margaret Thatcher
Character not listed
John Hume
Character not listed
Darragh MacIntyre
reporter
Malcolm Muggeridge
Self - Interviewer
Marianna Spring
reporter
David Dimbleby
Himself - Presenter
Paddy Ashdown
Character not listed
John Major
Character not listed
Arthur Scargill
Self
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
Self (archive footage)
Donald Trump
Self
Clive Myrie
Self - Reporter
Mark Daly
reporter
Joe Crowley
reporter
Woodrow Wyatt
Self - Reporter
Bill Clinton
Character not listed
Tony Blair
Character not listed
Edward Heath
Character not listed
Denis Healey
Character not listed
Harold Wilson
Character not listed
Enoch Powell
Character not listed
John Prescott
Character not listed
Veronika Hyks
Herself
Nicky Campbell
Himself - Presenter: New York
Nisha Pillai
Herself - Presenter: Islamabad
John Sweeney
Himself - Presenter
L. Ron Hubbard
Himself - Founder, Church of Scientology (archive footage)
John Travolta
Himself (archive footage)
Kirstie Alley
Herself (archive footage)
David Miscavige
Himself - Leader, Church of Scientology (archive footage)
Kevin Miles
Character not listed
François-Xavier de Donnea
Character not listed
Baron Bassam of Brighton
Character not listed
Ghislaine Maxwell
Self
Chauntae Davies
Self
Jeffrey Epstein
Self (archive footage)
Kim Jong-un
Self (archive footage)
Melania Trump
Self (archive footage)
Harvey Weinstein
Self (archive footage)
Theresa May
Self (archive footage)
Hilary Andersson
Self - Reporter
Diana, Princess of Wales
Self
Martin Bashir
Self
Ellie Flynn
reporter
Alison Holt
reporter
Bronagh Munro
reporter
Justin Rowlatt
reporter
Najibullah Quraishi
reporter
Victoria Derbyshire
reporter
Rory Carson
reporter
Mariella Frostrup
reporter
Mobeen Azhar
reporter
Yalda Hakim
reporter
Kafui Okpattah
reporter
Andy Verity
reporter
Lucy Adams
reporter
Richie Powell
reporter
John Ware
presenter
Faye Kirkland
reporter
Greg McKenzie
Reporter
Olivia Davies
Self - Reporter
Sir Ronald Storrs
Self
Jason Beghe
Self
Mike Rinder
Self
Marty Rathbun
Self
Gavin Hewitt
Narrator
Juliet Rylance
Narrator (voice)
Jason Walker
Self (Employee)
Kellie Bright
Self
Jonathan Woodgate
Character not listed
Alex Salmond
Character not listed
Keith Hellawell
Character not listed
Louise Woodward
Character not listed
David Shayler
Character not listed
Bernie Ecclestone
Character not listed
King Charles III of the United Kingdom
Character not listed
Jack Straw
Character not listed
Gerry Adams
Character not listed
Aldrich Ames
Character not listed
O. J. Simpson
Character not listed
F.W. de Klerk
Character not listed
Nelson Mandela
Character not listed
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Character not listed
Saddam Hussein
Character not listed
James Jesus Angleton
Character not listed
George H. W. Bush
Character not listed
Chris Patten
Character not listed
Totò Riina
Character not listed
Huw Edwards
Character not listed
David Koresh
Character not listed
Michael Buerk
Character not listed
Chiko Mendez
Character not listed
Augusto Pinochet
Character not listed
Oliver North
Character not listed
Corazon Aquino
Character not listed
David Steel
Character not listed
David Owen
Character not listed
Rupert Murdoch
Character not listed
Christopher Olgiati
Character not listed
Philip Tibenham
Character not listed
Jeremy Paxman
Character not listed
Norman Tebbit
Character not listed
Michael Cockerell
Character not listed
Georges Pompidou
Character not listed
Richard Nixon
Character not listed
Yizhak Rabin
Character not listed
Denis Tuohy
Character not listed
Patrick Jenkin
Character not listed
Robert F. Kennedy
Character not listed
David Sullivan
Self
Tom Mangold
Character not listed
Ken Maginnis
Character not listed
James Prior
Character not listed
David Trimble
Character not listed
Ian Paisley
Character not listed
Martin McGuinness
Character not listed
Shami Chakrabarti
Self
Michael Foot
Character not listed
Tariq Ali
Character not listed
Betty Boothroyd
Character not listed
Hugh Gaitskell
Character not listed
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Character not listed
Latifa Bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Self
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Self
Lara Lewington
Reporter
Roman Abramovich
Self (archive footage)
Lyra Nightingale
Self
Emily Thornberry
Self
Kieran Maguire
Self
Andrew Mitchell
Self
Andreas Cosma
Self
Prem Sikka
Self
Christos Christofides
Self