cast
- Michael Palin
- Gilbert Chilvers
- Maggie Smith
- Joyce Chilvers
- Liz Smith
- Mother
- Denholm Elliott
- Dr. Charles Swaby
- Richard Griffiths
- Henry Allardyce
- John Normington
- Frank Lockwood
- Bill Paterson
- Maurice Wormold
- Anthony Haygarth
- Bernard Sutcliffe
- Alison Steadman
- Mrs. Allardyce
- Pete Postlethwaite
- Nuttol
- Jim Carter
- Inspector Noble
- Susan Porrett
- Mrs. Medcalf
- Maggie Ollerenshaw
- Woman
- Eileen O'Brien
- Mrs. Sutcliff
- Charles McKeown
- Medcalf
- Don Estelle
- Barraclough
- Elijah Wood
- Ernest
- Josie Lane
- Mrs. Beavers
- Denys Hawthorne
- Hotel Manager
- Bernard Wrigley
- Painter
- David Morgan
- Marvin
- Philip Whileman
- Preston
- Lee Daley
- Painter's Boy
- Amanda Gregan
- Veronica
- Paula Tilbrook
- Mrs. Turnbull
- Donald Eccles
- Father
- Rachel Davies
- Mrs. Forbes
- Gilly Coman
- Dorothy
- Reece Dinsdale
- P.C. Penny
crew
- Malcolm Mowbray
- Director, Screen Story
- Denis O'Brien
- Producer, Executive Producer
- George Harrison
- Producer, Executive Producer
- Mark Shivas
- Producer
- Alan Bennett
- Screen Story, Screenwriter
- Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Cinematographer
- John Du Prez
- Composer (Music Score)
- Barrie Vince
- Editor
- Stuart Walker
- Production Designer
- Judith Lang
- Art Director
- Michael Porter
- Art Director
- Phyllis Dalton
- Costume Designer
- Tony Jackson
- Sound/Sound Designer
- Debbie McWilliams
- Casting
- Michelle Guish
- Casting
- Christine Beveridge
- Makeup
