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.
Cast

Derek Jacobi
Mr. Frederick / Sir John

Paul Brooke
Lord Paramount

Julian Firth
Unknown

John Tams
Unknown
Ian Targett
Unknown
Paddy Ward
Unknown
Jo Warne
Unknown
Chris Whittingham
Unknown
Rory Murray
Henry Ottaway

Corin Redgrave
Sir Thomas Neathouse
Sally Ashby
Unknown

Brenda Bruce
Unknown
Cindy Oswin
Unknown
Bernard Padden
Unknown
Emma Piper
Unknown

John Warner
Unknown

Roger Hammond
Augustus Roddick
Alec Wallis
Marquess

Marty Cruikshank
Unknown
Cordelia Ditton
Unknown
Susan Field
Unknown
Graham Seed
Unknown
Stanley Lloyd
Unknown
Hilary Sesta
Unknown

Murray Melvin
Jeremy Ruttle

Jonathan Cecil
Sir Martin Locket
John Atkinson
Unknown

Una Brandon-Jones
Unknown
James Greene
Unknown
Zoe Hicks
Unknown
Brian Poyser
Unknown

Norman Lumsden
Unknown

Richard Clifford
George Locket

Bill Wallis
Henry Beauchamp-Harper

Rosalind Adler
Unknown
Rex Doyle
Unknown
Reginald Jessup
Unknown
Christine Pilgrim
Unknown
Joanna Maude
Unknown
Amanda Wenban
Unknown

Hugh Lloyd
Viscount
Frederick Treves
Samuel Simpson
Ben Aris
Unknown

Gregory Floy
Unknown

Howard Goorney
Unknown

Christopher Good
Unknown

Petra Markham
Unknown

Ian Lindsay
Unknown

Irina Brook
Georgiana Shillibeer

Sarah Flind
Unknown
Penny Bunton
Unknown

Julian Bleach
Unknown
Jean Murphy
Unknown
Fiona McAlpine
Unknown
Anne Romyn
Unknown
Ann-Marie Gwatkin
Emily

James Cosmo
Mr. Bowring
Terence Conoley
Unknown
James Coyle
Unknown
Stephen Daltry
Unknown
Kit Jackson
Unknown
Giles Oldershaw
Unknown
David Trevena
Unknown

Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Bowring

Philip McGough
Mr. Croker
Iain Andrew
Unknown
Mara Purcell
Unknown
Eric Francis
Unknown
Jack Gittings
Unknown

Bill Stewart
Unknown
Peter Wyatt
Unknown

Ian Gelder
Henry Gibbs

Joan Sims
Lady Daphne
Beth Ellis
Unknown

Janet Henfrey
Unknown
Merelina Kendall
Unknown
Charmian May
Unknown
Madeleine Moffat
Unknown
Phillada Sewell
Unknown

Dilys Hamlett
Lady Emma

Maria Aitken
Lady Amelia
Laura Cox
Unknown

Sally Faulkner
Unknown
Tamsin Heatley
Unknown

Darlene Johnson
Unknown
Kristin Milward
Unknown

Jane Wymark
Unknown
Auriol Smith
Lady Augusta

Stratford Johns
Arthur Shillibeer
Leon Davis
Unknown
James Grant
Unknown

Richard Graydon
Unknown
Bruce Green
Unknown
Patricia Napier
Unknown
Peter Stockbridge
Unknown

Richard Caldicot
Duke

Patricia Hayes
The Dowager Duchess
Ruth Mitchell
The Girl

Jim Carter
Mr. Blackthorn
Arthur Kelly
Grease remover seller
Tony Frey
Unknown
Irene Frederick
Unknown
Siobhan Nicholas
Chickweed seller
Robin Meredith
Crossing sweep

Miranda Richardson
Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

Joanna Brookes
Stage actress

Nora Connolly
Stage actress
John Dalby
Stage actor
Ron Emslie
Stage actor
Knight Mantell
Stage actor

Mark Arnold
Stage actor

Michael Feast
Mr. Edwin

Michael Hordern
Mr. Tatham
Peter Bailie
Unknown
Jan Lower
Unknown
Pamela Moiseiwitsch
Unknown
John Moore
Unknown
Malcolm Mudie
Unknown
Simon Slater
Unknown

John McEnery
Mr. Maclean

Don Henderson
Bob

Michael Andrew
Unknown

Graham Fletcher-Cook
Whistling Billy
David Grahame
Unknown
Kenneth McClellan
Unknown

John Tordoff
Unknown
Robert Terson
Unknown
Nick Edmett
Grease buyer

Michael Medwin
Mr. Wells
Raymond Brody
Unknown

Ronnie Brody
Unknown

Alan Ford
Unknown

Mark Lambert
Unknown
Stewart Permutt
Unknown
Peter Waddington
Unknown

Maria Charles
The Pure Gatherer

Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs. Harris

Ewen Bremner
Unknown

Ron Cook
Unknown
Christopher Hancock
Joe

Jessica James
Unknown

Linda Kerr Scott
Unknown

David Sterne
Unknown
Preston Lockwood
Mr. Benjamin
James Cairncross
Mr. Trott
Maurice Elliot
Unknown
Richard Henry
Unknown
John Fahey
Unknown
David Glover
Unknown

Robert Putt
Unknown

David Pugh
Unknown
John Harding
Mr. Priddle
Chris Darwin
Theatre doorman
Christine Ellerbeck
Unknown
Harry Jones
Unknown
Colleen McClure
Unknown
John Tramper
Unknown

Nicholas Tennant
Curley
Charlie Bartle
Unknown
Fred Beauman
Unknown
Stephen Boyes
Unknown
Johnnie Clayton
Unknown

David Keyes
Tom
Dominic Geary
Unknown
Philip Gunderson
Unknown
Ray Martin
Unknown
Terry John
Unknown
Arthur Nightingale
Unknown
Harry Klein
Unknown

George Savvides
Mr. Nick

John Quarmby
Unknown
Harry Webster
Unknown
Dawn Charatan
Unknown
Joan Dainty
Unknown
Deddie Davies
Unknown
Mark Knox
Unknown
Dominic Martinez
Unknown

Stephen Rashbrook
Unknown
Vince Starr
Unknown
Paul Wilce
Unknown

Michael Mears
Unknown

Cyril Cusack
The Ballad Seller
Crew

Christine Edzard
Director, Writer, Producer, Art Direction
Olivier Stockman
Writer, Editor, Sets & Props Artist, Other
Robin Vidgeon
Director of Photography, Lighting Technician
Terry Lee
Colorist
Brian Wynne
Colorist
Frank Reid
Colorist
Richard Goodwin
Producer

Celia Bannerman
Associate Producer, Casting, Other
Michaela Mason
Camera Technician
Mark Moriarty
Camera Technician
Paul Evans
Camera Technician
John Fletcher
Camera Technician
Malcolm May
Camera Technician
Mick Mason
Camera Technician
Joyce Carter
Costumer
Diane Wren
Costumer
Jacky Green
Costumer
Doris Philpott
Costumer
Carrie Bayliss
Costumer
Harry Ellam
Costumer
Marion Weise
Costumer
Annette Heron
Costumer
Sarah Bennie
Costumer
Iona Kenrick
Costumer
Linda James
Costumer
Lilla Griffin
Costumer
Jayne Lambert
Costumer
Barbara Sonnex
Costumer
Julie Yule
Costumer
Shirley Nevin
Costumer
Delia Latham
Hairdresser
Elizabeth Moss
Hairdresser
Sam Bear
Hairdresser
Pam Meager
Hairdresser
Sally Neale
Hairdresser
Liz Michie
Hairdresser
Margaret Barrett
Sound
Paul Carr
Sound
Brian Paxton
Sound
Geoffrey Simm
Sound
Godfrey Kirby
Sound
Tim Watts
Sound
Ray Wardley
Lighting Technician
Jack Collins
Lighting Technician
Colin Vinton
Lighting Technician
Chris Mortley
Lighting Technician
Michel Sanvoisin
Original Music Composer
Peter Cheesman
Sets & Props Artist
Billy Hoven
Sets & Props Artist
Richard Feroze
Sets & Props Artist
Jim Thompson
Sets & Props Artist
Charlie McMillan
Sets & Props Artist
Bill Clayton
Sets & Props Artist
Mark Sonnex
Sets & Props Artist
John McMillan
Sets & Props Artist
Emma Thistlethwaite
Sets & Props Artist
John Barratt
Sets & Props Artist
Caroline Gardner
Sets & Props Artist
John Evans
Sets & Props Artist
Albert Grassi
Sets & Props Artist
Jennifer Moseley
Sets & Props Artist
Matthew Shrubb
Sets & Props Artist
Simon Clarkson
Sets & Props Artist
Justin Grassi
Sets & Props Artist
Hugh Doherty
Sets & Props Artist
Adam Clarkson
Sets & Props Artist
Annabel Hands
Sets & Props Artist
Neale Brown
Sets & Props Artist
Sabine Duthil
Sets & Props Artist
Toppet Moore
Sets & Props Artist
Stephanie Gwatkin
Sets & Props Artist
Janis Barlow
Sets & Props Artist
Robert Bray
Sets & Props Artist
Rotislav Doboujinsky
Sets & Props Artist
Judith Thorp
Sets & Props Artist
Jo Measure
Sets & Props Artist
Helen Pettit
Sets & Props Artist
Alan Hausmann
Sets & Props Artist
Alan Weeks
Sets & Props Artist
Ronnie Barlow
Sets & Props Artist
Mary McGowan
Sets & Props Artist
Catherine Goodley
Sets & Props Artist
Terry Thompson
Sets & Props Artist
Peter Seater
Sets & Props Artist
Sarah Alcock
Sets & Props Artist
Clare Wilkinson
Sets & Props Artist
Johanna Sonnex
Sets & Props Artist
Tony Alcock
Sets & Props Artist
Fraser Maclean
Sets & Props Artist
Daniel Meadows
Still Photographer
John Tyler
Presenter
Henry Mayhew
Original Concept
Molly Hoven
Other
Karen Kelly
Other
John Thompson
Other
Louise Brooks
Other
Charlotte Darwin
Other
David Johnson
Other
Frances Lynch
Other
Lisa Barlow
Other
John Griffin
Other
Sabine Goodwin
Other
Jonny Kurzman
Other
Linda Gregory
Other
Jacqui Fitzsimmons
Other
Ray Julian
Other
Rosie Canavan
Other
Tina Barr
Other
Norman Swindell
Other
Colin Wilcox
Other
Trevor Ingman
Other
Karen Finch
Other
Emma Burge
Other
Tana Berry
Other
Trevor Mathurin
Other
Rita Dean
Other
Dave Goodie
Thanks
David Wilmore
Thanks

Salo Gardner
Thanks
Iris Rougler
Thanks
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