Imelda Staunton as Mother

Matthew Goode as Larry Durrell

Russell Tovey as Leslie Durrell

Chris Langham as Theodore Stephanides

Omid Djalili as Spiro

Tamzin Merchant as Margot Durrell

Mihalis Giannatos as Porter / Waiter

Dimitris Kamberidis as Rose-Beetle Man

Antonis Antoniou as Yani

George Couyas as Turkish Boyfriend

Mark Caven as Henry Miller

Miranda Hart as Jonquil

Meredith MacNeill as Silent Girlfriend

Rosalie Craig as Nancy

Tom Goodman-Hill as Peter

Matthew Rizos as Gerald's Double

Alexander Armstrong as Narrator

Lucy Christofi Christy as

Jason Watkins as Durant

Eugene Simon as Gerald Durrell