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| 320 cast members |
| Name | Episodes | Known for |
|---|---|---|
Tom Gibbs
Self - Presenter
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50
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Richard Carpenter
Self - Presenter / Self - Narrator
|
28
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Max Mason
Self - Presenter / Self - Commentary
|
26
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Gabriel Woolf
Self - Presenter / Self - King Alfred
|
17
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Michael Burrell
Self - Presenter
|
11
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Tim Gudgin
Self - Presenter
|
10
|
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Joan Bakewell
Self - Presenter
|
9
|
|
Kenneth Jameson
Self - Presenter
|
8
|
|
Cleo Sylvestre
Self - Presenter
|
8
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Pam Rhodes
Self - Presenter
|
8
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Kenneth Watson
Self - Sigfrid / Self - Mr. Thurgar
|
8
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Brian Cant
Self - Presenter
|
7
|
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Desmond Morris
Self - Presenter
|
7
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John Hines
Self - Presenter
|
7
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John Line
Sgt. James Bubb / Viking Officer / Abel
|
7
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Charles Collingwood
Tonio / Presenter
|
7
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Charles E. Stidwill
Self - Reader
|
6
|
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Nigel Lambert
Presenter / Barty
|
6
|
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Robert Erskine
Self - Presenter
|
6
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Tim Brooke-Taylor
Self - Presenter
|
6
|
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Jane Collins
Self - Presenter
|
6
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Tenniel Evans
Self - Presenter
|
6
|
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Janet Hannington
Pat
|
5
|
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Paul Guess
Tom
|
5
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Edward Salt
Self - Presenter
|
5
|
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Tony Aitken
Self - Presenter
|
5
|
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Una Brandon-Jones
Aunt Mina / British woman
|
5
|
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Frank Duncan
Self - Narrator
|
4
|
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John Howard
Self
|
4
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|
Alison Edmonds
Self - Presenter
|
4
|
|
Mollie Maureen
Ellen / Aunt
|
4
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Betty Hardy
Actress - Rudyard Kipling segment / Actress - The Beginning of the Armadillos segment / Actress - The Elephant's Child segment / Mrs. Green
|
4
|
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Roberta Rex
Helen
|
4
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Richard Hurndall
Narrator - King Arthur segment / Storyteller
|
4
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Stephen Ayres
Frank
|
4
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Diana Bishop
Self - Commentary / Self - Presenter
|
4
|
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Wendy Padbury
Self - Presenter
|
4
|
|
Judy Gridley
Self - Presenter
|
4
|
|
Gillian Bailey
Nell Henchman
|
4
|
|
Howard Lang
Self
|
3
|
|
Arthur Mullard
Self
|
3
|
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Danny Grover
Self
|
3
|
|
Gary Watson
Narrator / Storyteller: The Housework That Did Itself / Presenter
|
3
|
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John Woodnutt
Actor - Rudyard Kipling segment / Actor - The Beginning of the Armadillos segment / Actor - The Elephant's Child segment
|
3
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Norman Shelley
Actor - Rudyard Kipling segment / Actor - The Beginning of the Armadillos segment / Actor - The Elephant's Child segment
|
3
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Eric Simms
Narrator - Dawn in the Forest segment / Narrator - Dusk in the Forest segment / Narrator - Noon in the Forest segment (voice)
|
3
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Eric Ennion
Self - Looking at Birds segment
|
3
|
|
John Westbrook
Storyteller
|
3
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Richard Sadleir
Self - Presenter (as Dr. Richard Sadleir)
|
3
|
|
Christopher Sandford
Presenter / Commentary by
|
3
|
|
David Calder
Quintus
|
3
|
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Verna Harvey
Hatty Melbourne
|
3
|
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Michael Brennan
Vindex
|
3
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Simon Fisher-Turner
Tom Long (as Simon Turner)
|
3
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Penelope Lee
Valeria
|
3
|
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Gabrielle Hamilton
Mrs. Byers
|
3
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Lane Meddick
Attus
|
3
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Geoffrey Denton
Uncle Alan
|
3
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Robert Mooney
Catus
|
3
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Enid Lindsey
Mrs. Bartholomew
|
3
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Myvanwy Jenn
Aunt Gwen
|
3
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Timothy Horton
Titus
|
3
|
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Sonja Nerdrum
Self - Presenter
|
3
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Sebastian John
Veric
|
3
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Adrian Gale
First Briton
|
3
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Jean Holness
Aunt Melbourne
|
3
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Judith Butt
Claudia
|
3
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Tom Garratt
Coel (as Thomas Garratt)
|
3
|
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Burnell Tucker
Self - Presenter
|
3
|
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Clare Walker
Edwina (as Claire Walker)
|
3
|
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Seymour Green
Guthrum
|
3
|
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Sally Stephens
Edwina
|
3
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John North
Self - Presenter
|
3
|
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Joe Lynch
Big John Connor
|
3
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Declan Mulholland
Sean Brennan
|
3
|
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Norman Scace
Professor McBride
|
3
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John Rogan
Joe Coyle
|
3
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Elizabeth Begley
Miss Cooney
|
3
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Sally Travers
Mrs. Connor
|
3
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David Howe
Dick Spence
|
3
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Sylvia O'Donnell
Kathleen Connor
|
3
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Danny Figgis
Tom Connor
|
3
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Michael McClare
Willie Connor
|
3
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Winefride Madigan
Mrs. Weeney (as Winifred Madigan)
|
3
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Rossana Dalmasso
Kate
|
3
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Jonathan Vaughan
Jimmy
|
3
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Elisabeth Sladen
Self - Presenter
|
3
|
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Peter Williams
William Henchman
|
3
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Charles West
Uncle Klaas
|
3
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Hilary Mason
Susan Henchman
|
3
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Sue Sylvaine
Rika
|
3
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Louis Selwyn
Tom Henchman
|
3
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Robin Davies
Otto
|
3
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Nike Arrighi
Princess Rosalita
|
3
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Rick Jones
Mozo
|
3
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Anthony Collin
Zeppo
|
3
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Jeffrey Segal
Self
|
2
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Keith Williams
Self
|
2
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Ann Way
Mistress Ellen / Mrs. Flittersnoop
|
2
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Reginald Jessup
Narrator (voice)
|
2
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Hugh David
Self - Reader
|
2
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John Ross
Self
|
2
|
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Hilary Green
Self
|
2
|
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Michael Peake
Chief Revoluter / Bartholomew Wagstaff
|
2
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Michael Earl
Policeman
|
2
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Ray Handy
Friar / The Friar
|
2
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Jimmy Ashton
Joe
|
2
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Jean Theobald
Mrs. Holroyd
|
2
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Peter Walker
David / David, Earl Morgan's Son
|
2
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Robert Patterson
Mr. Butterworth / Master Comber
|
2
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Norma Jameson
Self - Presenter
|
2
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John Chipperfield
Huw / Huw, Earl Owen's Son
|
2
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William Burleigh
Robert
|
2
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Edward Palmer
The Clerk / King Midas
|
2
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John Carthy
Self - Presenter: The Cabbage-White Butterfly / Self - Presenter: The Life of the Dragonfly (as Dr. John Carthy)
|
2
|
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Gordon Severn
Self - Presenter
|
2
|
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Helena McCarthy
Market woman
|
2
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Frank Barry
Self - Presenter
|
2
|
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Karen Newport
Self - Presenter
|
2
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David Charkham
Self
|
2
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Bernard Finch
Self
|
2
|
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David Attenborough
Self - Narrator (voice)
|
2
|
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Nickolas Grace
Self
|
2
|
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Frances Colyer
Self - Presenter
|
2
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Olwen Griffiths
Self
|
2
|
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Barbara Brown
Self - Presenter
|
2
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|
Philip Bird
Self - Presenter
|
2
|
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Shireen Shah
Self - Presenter
|
2
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Tom Karol
Self - Presenter
|
2
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Christopher Hodge
Self - Coachman
|
2
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David Chant
Ben Cattermole / Mr. Van Dam
|
2
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Will Stampe
Policeman Klomp
|
2
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Gerry Lee
Self
|
1
|
|
Edward Fox
Laurens
|
1
|
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Malcolm Tierney
Self
|
1
|
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John Hollis
Cornelius Roose
|
1
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Eric Thompson
Captain Butler
|
1
|
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Jonathan Elsom
Self
|
1
|
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Christopher Witty
Self
|
1
|
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Paula Jacobs
Self
|
1
|
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Carla Challoner
Self
|
1
|
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Stafford Gordon
The Traveller (The Listeners segment)
|
1
|
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Elna Pearl
Self
|
1
|
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Kevin Bennett
Self
|
1
|
|
John Kershaw
Narrator (voice)
|
1
|
|
Terry Palmer
Soldier
|
1
|
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Marcelle Samett
Self
|
1
|
|
Derek Birch
The Squire
|
1
|
|
Antonia Moss
Marejke
|
1
|
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Timothy Palmer
Self
|
1
|
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Betty Richardson
Self
|
1
|
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Robert Dodson
Self
|
1
|
|
Doy Young
Self
|
1
|
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Max Howard
Self
|
1
|
|
Patricia Hayes
Narrator (voice)
|
1
|
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Bob Grant
Professor Branestawm
|
1
|
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Ray Smith
Earl Owen
|
1
|
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Jeremy Spenser
Warp-setter (as Jeremy Spencer)
|
1
|
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Paul Hardwick
Will Holroyd
|
1
|
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David Garfield
Peasant
|
1
|
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John Garrie
Self
|
1
|
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Arnold Peters
Fair manager
|
1
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Meadows White
Uncle
|
1
|
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Peter Schofield
The packman
|
1
|
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Peter Hoar
Colonel Dedshott
|
1
|
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Bill Meilen
Earl Morgan
|
1
|
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Peter Porteous
Mr. Nagley
|
1
|
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Paul Grist
The man
|
1
|
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Roy Spencer
Self
|
1
|
|
Richard Steele
William Holroyd
|
1
|
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Roger Nott
Constable
|
1
|
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Alan Selwyn
Riot-leader
|
1
|
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William Lyon Brown
Mr. Richards
|
1
|
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Ian Taylor
Self
|
1
|
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Chris Barrington
William Noble Holroyd
|
1
|
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Celia Hewitt
Mother
|
1
|
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Michael Crockett
Billy Holroyd
|
1
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Ronnie Caryl
Brian
|
1
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Peter Bartlett
Peter
|
1
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William Victor
Joe
|
1
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John Tucker
Factory Inspector
|
1
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Ria Mills
Anne
|
1
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Jeannie James
Jane
|
1
|
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Pip Rolls
Harry
|
1
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Julie Booth
Jessie
|
1
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Philip Harris
Thomas
|
1
|
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Jonathan Bilson
Boy fishing
|
1
|
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Brenda Cowling
Hettie
|
1
|
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Barbara New
Aunt Catherine
|
1
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Lucy Griffiths
Old Megan
|
1
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Graham Ashley
The Friar
|
1
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Gaynor Jones
Ethel Langley
|
1
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John Dunbar
William Hewet
|
1
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Brian Osborne
Jack
|
1
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Desmond Cullum-Jones
Mr. Langley
|
1
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Malcolm Taylor
Cuthbert
|
1
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Catherine Howe
Nell
|
1
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Inia Te Wiata
Self - Storyteller: How Maui Snared the Sun
|
1
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Philip Howard
The Richmond Gentleman
|
1
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Michael Ridgeway
Edward Osborne (as Michael Ridgway)
|
1
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Patrick Scanlan
The Ferryman
|
1
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Christopher Cooper
Albert Langley
|
1
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Simon Carter
John
|
1
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William McAllister
Uncle Francis
|
1
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Dorothy Earsdom
Anne
|
1
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Roberta Tovey
Self
|
1
|
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Peter Hawkins
Commentary by (voice)
|
1
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Rex Robinson
Self
|
1
|
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Michael Newport
Self
|
1
|
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Michael Robson
Commentary by (voice)
|
1
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John Trenaman
Robinson Crusoe
|
1
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Colin Pilditch
Self
|
1
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Simon Mead
Self
|
1
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Sarah Taunton
Princess Penelope
|
1
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Sheila Ruskin
Self - Presenter
|
1
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Robert Rietty
Self
|
1
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Keith Alexander
Reader
|
1
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Hugh Dickson
Reader
|
1
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Philip Ray
Self
|
1
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Sheila Ballantine
Self
|
1
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Eric Kent
Self
|
1
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Hazel Bainbridge
Self
|
1
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Julia Breck
Self
|
1
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Cicely Paget-Bowman
Self
|
1
|
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Carleton Hobbs
Reader
|
1
|
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Peter Roy
Self
|
1
|
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Peter Brayham
Marcus (as Peter Braham)
|
1
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John Caesar
Self
|
1
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Derek Chafer
Self
|
1
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Reg Harding
Self
|
1
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Beryl Nesbitt
Self
|
1
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Ernest C. Jennings
Self (as Ernest Jennings)
|
1
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Martin King
First Roman sentry
|
1
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Gary Smith
Self
|
1
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Vic Taylor
Self
|
1
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Powell Jones
Self
|
1
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Bill Burns
Self
|
1
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Bill Horsley
Reader
|
1
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Michael Guest
Roman Officer
|
1
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Bert Simms
Self
|
1
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Gwenyth Petty
Reader
|
1
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James Haswell
Self
|
1
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James Drake
British soldier
|
1
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Elaine Banham
Self
|
1
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Keith Goodman
Self
|
1
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Trevor Lawrence
Self
|
1
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Alan Troy
Self
|
1
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Nicholas Burslem
Self
|
1
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George Day
Self
|
1
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Paula Kent
Self
|
1
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Elizabeth Broom
Woman (as Elizabeth Broome)
|
1
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Colin West
Self
|
1
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Stephen Grieves
Self
|
1
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Eddie Connor
Self
|
1
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Bill Hepper
Second Roman sentry
|
1
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Philip Wayre
Self
|
1
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David Pelton
Self
|
1
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Johnny Watson
Self
|
1
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Harry Vincent
Self
|
1
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Robert Cude
Self
|
1
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Peter Claughton
Reader
|
1
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Dennis Balcombe
Self
|
1
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Dudley Singleton
Self
|
1
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Jeremy Burring
Self
|
1
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Vic Abbott
Self
|
1
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Tom Laird
Self (as Thomas Laird)
|
1
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Fred Doran
Self
|
1
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Vi Ward
Self
|
1
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Eric Bird
Self
|
1
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Denis Hewett
Self
|
1
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Roy Evans
Self
|
1
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Stanley Bates
Self
|
1
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Christopher Ironside
Self
|
1
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Michael Sheard
Self
|
1
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Michael Keating
Saxon Prisoner
|
1
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Walter Horsbrugh
Fr. Benedict
|
1
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Peter Firmin
Self - and Muskit
|
1
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Judy Bennett
Self
|
1
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Edward Phillips
Athelwald
|
1
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Matthew Line
Self
|
1
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John Anderson
Self
|
1
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Joe Kenyon
Self
|
1
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John Woodcock
Self
|
1
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Mona Hammond
Self
|
1
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Jeffery Kissoon
Self
|
1
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Jasper Jacob
Self
|
1
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Gyearbuor Asante
Self (as Christopher Asante)
|
1
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Elizabeth Proud
Self
|
1
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Horace James
Self
|
1
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Joan Shenton
Self - Presenter
|
1
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Grahame Dangerfield
Self - Presenter
|
1
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Anthony Smith
Self - Commentary (voice)
|
1
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Nicholas Thomas
Self - Presenter
|
1
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John Wright
Self
|
1
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John Freeborn
Self
|
1
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Tom Pickard
Self
|
1
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Jeni Couzyn
Self
|
1
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Jennie Franks
Self (as Jennie Anderson)
|
1
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Shaw Taylor
Self - Presenter
|
1
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Paul Henley
Self - Presenter
|
1
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Peter Macann
Self - Presenter
|
1
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Christopher Molloy
Self - Presenter (as Chris Molloy)
|
1
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Madeleine Wynn
Self - Presenter (as Madeleine Wynne)
|
1
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Nicole Stocke
Peggy
|
1
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Sheelagh Gilbey
Self - Presenter
|
1
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William Smoker
Peter
|
1
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Ian Hoare
Jim
|
1
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Edward Brooks
Mr. Johnson
|
1
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Richard Bartlett
Receptionist
|
1
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John Abineri
Simon Henchman
|
1
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Michael Danvers-Walker
Lieutenant (as Danvers Walker)
|
1
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Zulema Dene
Librarian
|
1
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Peter Bathurst
Mr. Tracy
|
1
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Paul Thompson
Private
|
1
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John Cunningham
Mr. Farley
|
1
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Matthew Green
Clerk
|
1
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Ken Parry
Mr. Yalta
|
1
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Michael Mulcaster
Mr. Cardew
|
1
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Merelina Kendall
Chairwoman
|
1
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Patrick Milner
Helmsman
|
1
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