MP James Hacker

Paul Eddington

Sir Humphrey Appleby

Nigel Hawthorne

Bernard Woolley

Derek Fowlds

Annie Hacker

Diana Hoddinott

Sir Arnold Robinson

John Nettleton

The Master of Ballie College

Frank Middlemass

Commander Forrest

Graeme Garden

Simon Monk

John Bird

Sir Desmond Glazebrook

Richard Vernon

Dorothy Wainwright

Deborah Norton

Betty Oldhan

Judy Parfitt

Joan Littler

Brenda Blethyn

Sir Frank Gordon

Peter Cellier

Sir Ian Whitworth

John Barron

Sir Wally McFarlane

Freddie Earlle

Professor Henderson

Jerome Willis

Brian Baker

Norman Bird

George

Arthur Cox

Bill Pritchard

Antony Carrick

Walter Fowler

Ivor Roberts

The Bursar of Ballie College

William Fox

Guest Star

Peter Cartwright

Guest Star

Christopher Benjamin

Mrs Phillips

Zulema Dene

Guest Star

Geoffrey Drew

Mrs Rogers

Rosemary Frankau

Bodyguard

Colin McCormack

Sir Mark Spencer

Nigel Stock

Agnes Moorhouse

Gwen Taylor

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Neil Fitzwiliam

Parks and Forestery Civil Servant

Margo Johns

Arts Minister

Geoffrey Beevers

Guest Star

Jeffrey Wickham

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John Savident

Guest Star

Nicholas Courtney

Eileen Glosap

Miranda Forbes

John Pennington

John Pennington

Guest Star

Ludovic Kennedy

Crawford

Rex Robinson

Billy Fraser

Stephen Tate

Constable Ross

Michael Keating

Guest Star

Michael Byrne

Party Guest

Martin Milman

Professor Marriott

Jonathan Adams

Bodyguard

Jay Neill

Party Guest

Myfanwy Talog

Party Guest

David Rose

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Ian Lavender

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Tenniel Evans

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Frederick Jaeger

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Eleanor Bron