Casting et équipe

Michael GambonJohn Harrison

Jeremy IronsRupert Gould

Gemma JonesElizabeth Harrison

Anna ChancellorMuriel Gould

EK

Emma KayLaura Gurney

Barbara Leigh-HuntDodo Gould

Peter-Hugo DalyJohn Jefferies

Alec McCowenSir Frank Dyson

KH

Kevin HudsonLieutenant (uncredited)

T. P. McKennaEdmund Burke

Peter CartwrightArmy Doctor

Alfred BurkeRear Admiral

Jonathan CoyAdmiral Clowdisley

CH

Christopher HodsolCaptain Ainsley

Samuel WestNevil Maskelyne

CL

Clare Lawrence-MoodyStaff Nurse

Ian McNeiceDr. Bliss

CM

Clare McCarronNurse

Ian HartWilliam Harrison

John NettletonMinister for the Navy

Bill NighyLord Sandwich

Brian CoxLord Morton

Nigel DavenportSir Charles Pelham

LJ

Liam JenningsYoung William

John LeesonBBC Producer

JW

Joe WilliamsCecil Gould

Geoffrey HutchingsEstate Manager

NR

Nick RedingCaptain Campbell

John WoodEdmund Halley

PP

Peter Penry-JonesSurgeon

Charles EdwardsLt. Seward

David WoodDitton

Clive FrancisCaptain Digges

Mark TandyWhiston

Stephen FrySir Kenelm Digby

SA

Steven AlveyLearmouth

Tobias MenziesHalley's Secretary

Ben JonesLt. Williams

Gary WaldhornCommodore Forrest

Robert DemegerObservatory Porter

Colin McCormackInn Landlord

SM

Sophie MillettDyson's Secretary

Peter VaughanGeorge Graham

Daragh O'MalleyCaptain Bourke

Sarah BadelSociety Lady

PD

Phil DixLt. Bandelwine

Frederick WarderBosun

Steve MorphewMarine

SS

Stephen SimmsJames Harrison

Frank FinlayAdmiral Wagner

Sasha HailsBBC Researcher

Cliff ParisiLt. Draper

John NormingtonMr. Greene

RB

Rupert BakerLt. Bertie

Andrew ScottJohn Campbell

Pip TorrensCaptain Lindsay

John StandingCaptain Proctor

Frederick TrevesGovernor

Rose KeeganAmy

Charles GrayAdmiral Balchen

Hugh SimonDoctor

Trevor CooperRoger Wills

RC

Rebecca ClayObservatory Assistant

WS

William Scott-MassonLt. Knorvler

RJ

Richard JanesYoung Assistant

William ThomasArthur Mason

Faith KentLady Curator

Roger Lloyd PackCaptain Man

Lucy AkhurstGrace Ingram

Nicholas RoweKing George

Ian BurfieldJos Killick

Heike MakatschQueen Charlotte

John QuentinDr. Bradley

JQ

John QuayleDr. Demainbray

Michael CochraneSolicitor

James BradshawCallboy