On screen
Cast
76 credited performers
Michael Gambon
John Harrison
Jeremy Irons
Rupert Gould
Gemma Jones
Elizabeth Harrison
Anna Chancellor
Muriel Gould
Emma Kay
Laura Gurney
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Dodo Gould
Peter-Hugo Daly
John Jefferies
Alec McCowen
Sir Frank Dyson
Kevin Hudson
Lieutenant (uncredited)
T. P. McKenna
Edmund Burke
Peter Cartwright
Army Doctor
Alfred Burke
Rear Admiral
Jonathan Coy
Admiral Clowdisley
Christopher Hodsol
Captain Ainsley
Samuel West
Nevil Maskelyne
Clare Lawrence-Moody
Staff Nurse
Ian McNeice
Dr. Bliss
Clare McCarron
Nurse
Ian Hart
William Harrison
John Nettleton
Minister for the Navy
Bill Nighy
Lord Sandwich
Brian Cox
Lord Morton
Nigel Davenport
Sir Charles Pelham
Liam Jennings
Young William
John Leeson
BBC Producer
Joe Williams
Cecil Gould
Geoffrey Hutchings
Estate Manager
Nick Reding
Captain Campbell
John Wood
Edmund Halley
Peter Penry-Jones
Surgeon
Charles Edwards
Lt. Seward
David Wood
Ditton
Clive Francis
Captain Digges
Mark Tandy
Whiston
Stephen Fry
Sir Kenelm Digby
Steven Alvey
Learmouth
Tobias Menzies
Halley's Secretary
Ben Jones
Lt. Williams
Gary Waldhorn
Commodore Forrest
Robert Demeger
Observatory Porter
Colin McCormack
Inn Landlord
Sophie Millett
Dyson's Secretary
Peter Vaughan
George Graham
Daragh O'Malley
Captain Bourke
Sarah Badel
Society Lady
Phil Dix
Lt. Bandelwine
Frederick Warder
Bosun
Steve Morphew
Marine
Stephen Simms
James Harrison
Frank Finlay
Admiral Wagner
Sasha Hails
BBC Researcher
Cliff Parisi
Lt. Draper
John Normington
Mr. Greene
Rupert Baker
Lt. Bertie
Andrew Scott
John Campbell
Pip Torrens
Captain Lindsay
John Standing
Captain Proctor
Frederick Treves
Governor
Rose Keegan
Amy
Charles Gray
Admiral Balchen
Hugh Simon
Doctor
Trevor Cooper
Roger Wills
Rebecca Clay
Observatory Assistant
William Scott-Masson
Lt. Knorvler
Richard Janes
Young Assistant
William Thomas
Arthur Mason
Faith Kent
Lady Curator
Roger Lloyd Pack
Captain Man
Lucy Akhurst
Grace Ingram
Nicholas Rowe
King George
Ian Burfield
Jos Killick
Heike Makatsch
Queen Charlotte
John Quentin
Dr. Bradley
John Quayle
Dr. Demainbray
Michael Cochrane
Solicitor
James Bradshaw
Callboy