Maxine Peake as Anne Lister

Anna Madeley as Mariana Belcombe

Susan Lynch as Isabella Norcliffe

Christine Bottomley as Ann Walker

Gemma Jones as Aunt Lister

Alan David as Uncle Lister

Richenda Carey as Mrs Priestley

Michael Culkin as Charles Lawton

Tina O'Brien as Miss Browne

Dean Lennox Kelly as Christopher Rawson

Tessa Peake-Jones as Mrs Rawson

Belinda Lazenby as Mrs Browne

Jemima Foxtrot as Lister Maid

Ted Holden as Rough Man

Martin Oldfield as Jeweller

Micky Dacks as Barman

Robert Maxfield as Priest