07/12/1990
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.

Derek Jacobi
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John

Paul Brooke
as Lord Paramount

Julian Firth
as

John Tams
as

Ian Targett
as

Paddy Ward
as

Jo Warne
as

Chris Whittingham
as

Rory Murray
as Henry Ottaway

Corin Redgrave
as Sir Thomas Neathouse

Sally Ashby
as

Brenda Bruce
as

Cindy Oswin
as

Bernard Padden
as

Emma Piper
as

John Warner
as

Roger Hammond
as Augustus Roddick

Alec Wallis
as Marquess

Marty Cruikshank
as

Cordelia Ditton
as

Susan Field
as

Graham Seed
as

Stanley Lloyd
as

Hilary Sesta
as

Murray Melvin
as Jeremy Ruttle

Jonathan Cecil
as Sir Martin Locket

John Atkinson
as

Una Brandon-Jones
as

James Greene
as

Zoe Hicks
as

Brian Poyser
as

Norman Lumsden
as

Richard Clifford
as George Locket

Bill Wallis
as Henry Beauchamp-Harper

Rosalind Adler
as

Rex Doyle
as

Reginald Jessup
as

Christine Pilgrim
as

Joanna Maude
as

Amanda Wenban
as

Hugh Lloyd
as Viscount

Frederick Treves
as Samuel Simpson

Ben Aris
as

Gregory Floy
as

Howard Goorney
as

Christopher Good
as

Petra Markham
as

Ian Lindsay
as

Irina Brook
as Georgiana Shillibeer

Sarah Flind
as

Penny Bunton
as

Julian Bleach
as

Jean Murphy
as

Fiona McAlpine
as

Anne Romyn
as

Ann-Marie Gwatkin
as Emily

James Cosmo
as Mr. Bowring

Terence Conoley
as

James Coyle
as

Stephen Daltry
as

Kit Jackson
as

Giles Oldershaw
as

David Trevena
as

Miriam Margolyes
as Mrs. Bowring

Philip McGough
as Mr. Croker

Iain Andrew
as

Mara Purcell
as

Eric Francis
as

Jack Gittings
as

Bill Stewart
as

Peter Wyatt
as

Ian Gelder
as Henry Gibbs

Joan Sims
as Lady Daphne

Beth Ellis
as

Janet Henfrey
as

Merelina Kendall
as

Charmian May
as

Madeleine Moffat
as

Phillada Sewell
as

Dilys Hamlett
as Lady Emma

Maria Aitken
as Lady Amelia

Laura Cox
as

Sally Faulkner
as

Tamsin Heatley
as

Darlene Johnson
as

Kristin Milward
as

Jane Wymark
as

Auriol Smith
as Lady Augusta

Stratford Johns
as Arthur Shillibeer

Leon Davis
as

James Grant
as

Richard Graydon
as

Bruce Green
as

Patricia Napier
as

Peter Stockbridge
as

Richard Caldicot
as Duke

Patricia Hayes
as The Dowager Duchess

Ruth Mitchell
as The Girl

Jim Carter
as Mr. Blackthorn

Arthur Kelly
as Grease remover seller

Tony Frey
as

Irene Frederick
as

Siobhan Nicholas
as Chickweed seller

Robin Meredith
as Crossing sweep

Miranda Richardson
as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

Joanna Brookes
as Stage actress

Nora Connolly
as Stage actress

John Dalby
as Stage actor

Ron Emslie
as Stage actor

Knight Mantell
as Stage actor

Mark Arnold
as Stage actor

Michael Feast
as Mr. Edwin

Michael Hordern
as Mr. Tatham

Peter Bailie
as

Jan Lower
as

Pamela Moiseiwitsch
as

John Moore
as

Malcolm Mudie
as

Simon Slater
as

John McEnery
as Mr. Maclean

Don Henderson
as Bob

Michael Andrew
as

Graham Fletcher-Cook
as Whistling Billy

David Grahame
as

Kenneth McClellan
as

John Tordoff
as

Robert Terson
as

Nick Edmett
as Grease buyer

Michael Medwin
as Mr. Wells

Raymond Brody
as

Ronnie Brody
as

Alan Ford
as

Mark Lambert
as

Stewart Permutt
as

Peter Waddington
as

Maria Charles
as The Pure Gatherer

Rosalie Crutchley
as Mrs. Harris

Ewen Bremner
as

Ron Cook
as

Christopher Hancock
as Joe

Jessica James
as

Linda Kerr Scott
as

David Sterne
as

Preston Lockwood
as Mr. Benjamin

James Cairncross
as Mr. Trott

Maurice Elliot
as

Richard Henry
as

John Fahey
as

David Glover
as

Robert Putt
as

David Pugh
as

John Harding
as Mr. Priddle

Chris Darwin
as Theatre doorman

Christine Ellerbeck
as

Harry Jones
as

Colleen McClure
as

John Tramper
as

Nicholas Tennant
as Curley

Charlie Bartle
as

Fred Beauman
as

Stephen Boyes
as

Johnnie Clayton
as

David Keyes
as Tom

Dominic Geary
as

Philip Gunderson
as

Ray Martin
as

Terry John
as

Arthur Nightingale
as

Harry Klein
as

George Savvides
as Mr. Nick

John Quarmby
as

Harry Webster
as

Dawn Charatan
as

Joan Dainty
as

Deddie Davies
as

Mark Knox
as

Dominic Martinez
as

Stephen Rashbrook
as

Vince Starr
as

Paul Wilce
as

Michael Mears
as

Cyril Cusack
as The Ballad Seller
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