Iris Murdoch

Judi Dench

Young Iris Murdoch

Kate Winslet

John Bayley

Jim Broadbent

Young John Bayley

Hugh Bonneville

Janet Stone

Penelope Wilton

Principal

Eleanor Bron

Young Maurice

Samuel West

Young Janet Stone

Juliet Aubrey

Hostess

Angela Morant

Older Maurice

Timothy West

Check-out Girl

Sioban Hayes

Dr. Gudgeon

Kris Marshall

Postman

Derek Hutchinson

BBC Presenter

Joan Bakewell

Emma Stone

Juliet Howland

BBC PA

Nancy Carroll

Phillida Stone

Saira Todd

Neurologist

Tom Mannion

Taxi Driver

Stephen Marcus

Maureen

Pauline McLynn

Policewoman

Emma Handy

Check-out girl

Siobhan Hayes

Young Phillida Stone

Charlotte Arkwright

Young Emma Stone

Harriet Arkwright

Little Stone

Matilda Allsopp

Pianist

Steve Edis

Maureen

Pauline McGlynn

Tricia

Gabrielle Reidy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tony Blair

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Blunkett