Michael Palin as The Reverend Charles Fortescue

Maggie Smith as Lady Isabel Ames

Trevor Howard as Lord Henry Ames

Denholm Elliott as The Bishop of London

Graham Crowden as Fitzbanks

Phoebe Nicholls as Deborah Fitzbanks

Michael Hordern as Slatterthewaite/Narrator

David Suchet as Corbett

Timothy Spall as Parswell

Tricia George as Ada

Valerie Whittington as Emmeline

Roland Culver as Lord Fermleigh

Rosamund Greenwood as Lady Fermleigh

Janine Duvitski as Millicent

Tilly Vosburgh as Fermleigh's Maid

Hugh Walters as Fermleigh's Doctor

Derrick O'Connor as Gym Trainer

Neil Innes as Singer at Gin Palace

David Leland as Long Haired Man at Gin Palace

Sophie Thompson as Mission Girl

Frances Barber as Mission Girl

Tony Steedman as Lord Quimby

Damaris Hayman as Lady Quimby

Anton Lesser as Young Man at Shoot

David Dixon as Young Man at Shoot

Frank Mills as Sir Cyril Everidge

Charles McKeown as Friend of Raggy Masterson

Julian Curry as Friend of Raggy Masterson

Hugh Fraser as Wedding Usher

Peter Bourke as Best Man

Arthur Howard as Fermleigh's Butler

Anne-Marie Marriott as Fitzbanks' Maid

Dawn Archibald as Mission Girl

Ceri Jackson as Mission Girl

Janine Lesley as Mission Girl

Sasha Mitchell as Mission Girl

Francine Morgan as Mission Girl

Sally Watkins as Mission Girl

John Barrett as Old Man Outside Hotel