Ronnie Barker

Norman Stanley Fletcher

Patricia Brake

Ingrid Fletcher

Bill Nighy

Narrator

Peter Vaughan

Harry Grout

Christopher Biggins

Lukewarm

Melvyn Bragg

Himself

Arnold Brooks

Trevor

Suzie Chard

Isobel Fletcher

Scott Chisholm

Child Norman

Roy Evans

Ted Prendergast

Alexander Francis

Child Dai

Rex Garner

George Fletcher

Nathan Harmer

Norman Junior

Ken Jones

Bernard Ives

Josie Kidd

Gloria

Sue Lawley

Herself (voice)

Ray Lonnen

Roy Scotcher

Barry McCullough

Child George

Richard Ng

Chan Kai Leong

Bob Harris

Himself

Tony Osoba

Jim McLaren

Malcolm Rogers

Dai Davis

Jimmy Roussounis

Reporter

David Schaal

Jim Grady

Alison Senior

Young Gloria

Peter Stringfellow

Himself

David Swift

Harold McEwan

Gareth Farr

Young Fletcher

Sam Kelly

'Bunny' Warren

John H. Francis

Martin Gillespie