Toby Jones as William Hogarth

Zoë Tapper as Mary Collins

Sophie Thompson as Jane Hogarth

Richard Wilson as Sir James Thornhill

Geraldine James as Mother Needham

Adam Levy as Nathaniel Hirsch

Nicholas Rowe as Henry Fielding

Francis Magee as James Dalton

John Castle as Sir John Gonson

Roger Hammond as Doctor Rock

Vicky Hall as Sarah

Oliver Ryan as Samuel Scott

Philip Martin Brown as Gaoler