Cast
Richard AlbrechtSelf - Narrator (voice)- Alfred WainwrightSelf (archive footage)
- Nik Wood-JonesAlfred Wainwright (as Nik Wood Jones)
- Jenny HullBetty Wainwright
Jack ShallooYoung Wainwright- Sarah MarslandLittle Girl
- John MorganBook Publisher
- Linda McCormackRuth (voice)
Sue LawleySelf - Presenter, 'Desert Island Discs', 1988-2006- Hunter DaviesSelf - Wainwright's Biographer
- Eric RobsonSelf - Broadcaster and Writer
- Betty WainwrightSelf - Wainwright's Widow
- Jane KingSelf - Wainwright's Stepdaughter
- Mary BurkettSelf - Wainwright's Friend (as Mary Burkett OBE)
- Molly LefebureSelf - Novellist and Wainwright's Friend
