On screen
Cast
89 credited performers
Robert Lindsay
Self - Narrator
Steven Berkoff
John Roebling
Ron Cook
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
John Bennett
John Donovan
Shane Rimmer
William Kingsley
Michael Attwell
William Hope
Donald Sumpter
Farrington
Charlie G. Hawkins
Mudlark
Norman Lovett
William Farr
Robert Cavanah
Robert Stevenson
Ken Drury
James Glen
John Kane
Commissioner
Mark McGann
Joseph Bazalgette
Pip Torrens
Dr. John Snow
John Walters
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Stephen Mangan
Jules Isidore Dingler
Daniel Coonan
Philippe Buñau-Varilla
Cora Branley
Louise-Helene de Lesseps
Corine Ricau
Sister Marie Rouleau
Claudette de Miller
Fever Victim's Mother
Jeff Harding
John Stevens
Tara Hugo
Marie Gorgas
Robert Jezek
Dr. William Gorgas
Angus MacInnes
Colonel George Goethals
Jay Benedict
Frank Crowe
Scott Beringer
Glenn 'Bud' Bodell
Sam Troughton
H. Percy Boulnois
Michael Carter
John Scott Russell
Jo Stone-Fewings
William Jacomb
Shaun Prendergast
Ned Hepworth
Anna Farnworth
Mary Brunel
Fred Pearson
Captain Harrison
Alexander Delamere
Director
Andrew Bannerman
Minister
George Anton
Washington Roebling
Debora Weston
Emily Roebling
Eric Loren
Reporter
Kenneth Jay
Abram Hewitt
Jeffry Kaplow
Steinmetz
Peter Banks
Marshall
David Robb
John Rennie
Rod Mathew
Michael Wishart
Michael Moreland
Henry Dickson
Bruce McGregor
Charles Henderson
Malcolm Shields
James Dove
James Gillan
James Scott
Alfie Wellcoat
Alexander Scott
Emma Busby
Stevenson's Daughter
Chloe Robertson
Stevenson Twin
Johnny Robertson
Stevenson Twin
Anthony Alen
Lighthouse Worker
James Brown
Lighthouse Worker
David Buyler
Lighthouse Worker
Michael Kenny
Lighthouse Worker
Martyn Whitby
Edwin Chadwick
Gary Lammin
Barker
Catherine Mack
Maria Bazalgette
John Fearman
House of Commons Attendant
Liam Nolan
House of Commons Attendant
Mark York
MP
David Dale
Foreman
Peter Whittington
Prince of Wales
Julian Brewer
Cholera Patient
Deagaln Brennan
Bazalgette Child
Richard Wulf
Bricklayer
Max Hodgkins
Bazalgette Child
Evan Hodgkins
Bazalgette Child
Joseph Bazalgette
Mudlark
Louis Bazalgette
Mudlark
Ben Kinsella
Mudlark
Bob Sáenz
Leland Stanford
Mark Camaren
Charlie Crocker
Justin Gross
Theodore Judah
Richard Gross
James Strobridge
Marcus D'Amico
Grenville Dodge
Tim Halpin
Jack Casement
David Fine
William T. Sherman
Lorenzo Baca
Porcupine
Richard J. Silberg
William Ratcliffe
Colin Stinton
Walker 'Brig' Young
John Guerrasio
Dam Worker
Karen Coover Gay
Rag Town Woman
Bill Michaels
Ed Kraus
Erik J. Anderson
Frank Anderson
Andrew Fulton
Highscaler
Gary S. Webb
Recruiting Officer
Gary S. Webb
Worker #2
Robb DelGuidice
Reporter
Kalena Von Schnier
Prostitute