Series Cast 52

1. Peter France

   Self - Presenter (49 Episodes)

2. John Tusa

   Self - Presenter (28 Episodes)

3. 

   Andrew Sachs

   Self - Narrator (voice) (3 Episodes)

4. 

   Michael Praed

   Self - Narrator (voice) (3 Episodes)

5. 

   John Lennon

   Self (archive footage) (1 Episode)

6. 

   Paul McCartney

   Self (archive footage) (1 Episode)

7. 

   George Harrison

   Self (archive footage) (1 Episode)

8. 

   Ringo Starr

   Self (archive footage) (1 Episode)

9. 

   Larry Kane

   Self (1 Episode)

10. Tony Barrow

    Self (1 Episode)

11. Tony Bramwell

    Self (1 Episode)

12. Maureen Cleave

    Self (1 Episode)

13. Michael Pread

    Narrator (1 Episode)

14. Chris Hutchins

    Self (1 Episode)

15. Ed Freeman

    Self (1 Episode)

16. Peter Ibbotson

    Self (1 Episode)

17. 

    David Suchet

    Self - Narrator (voice) (1 Episode)

18. 

    Michael Cockerell

    Self - Presenter (1 Episode)

19. Gar Alperovitz

    Self - Presenter (1 Episode)

20. Antonia Benedek

    Self - Presenter (1 Episode)

21. Nick Ross

    Self - Narrator (voice) (1 Episode)

22. 

    Michael Culver

    Roger Bacon (1 Episode)

23. 

    Peter Ustinov

    Self - Narrator (voice) (1 Episode)

24. John Rowe

    Self - Narrator (voice) (1 Episode)

25. 

    Jonathan Miller

    Self - Narrator (voice) (1 Episode)

26. 

    Nicholas Le Prevost

    Thomas More (1 Episode)

27. 

    Joanna David

    — (1 Episode)

28. 

    Christopher Cazenove

    — (1 Episode)

29. David Swift

    — (1 Episode)

30. 

    Paul Rhys

    Cicero (1 Episode)

31. 

    Owen Teale

    Erucius (1 Episode)

32. 

    Mark McGann

    Sextus Roscius (1 Episode)

33. 

    Christopher Good

    Chair of judges (1 Episode)

34. 

    Andrew Greenough

    Capito (1 Episode)

35. 

    Antony Byrne

    Magnus (1 Episode)

36. 

    Penny Downie

    Caecilia (1 Episode)

37. 

    Richard Ridings

    Elder Sextus (1 Episode)

38. Tom Smith

    Tiro (1 Episode)

39. 

    Gerard Horan

    Country gent (1 Episode)

40. Þorsteinn Gunnarsson

    Jon Steingrimsson (1 Episode)

41. 

    Richard Hammond

    Self - Co-presenter (1 Episode)

42. Jane Treays

    Self - Narrator (voice) (1 Episode)

43. Fitzroy Maclean

    Self (1 Episode)

44. 

    Frances Barber

    Annie Besant (1 Episode)

45. 

    Rosalind Stockwell

    Self - Narrator (voice) (1 Episode)

46. 

    Juliet Stevenson

    Self - Narrator (voice) (1 Episode)

47. 

    Simon Sebag-Montefiore

    Self (1 Episode)

48. Richard Mitchley

    Self - Narrator (voice) (1 Episode)

49. 

    Robin Ellis

    Self - Narrator (voice) (1 Episode)

50. Christopher Andrew

    Self - Reporter (1 Episode)

51. 

    Christopher Frayling

    Narrator (Voice) (1 Episode)

52. Peter Carlisle

    Secretary of War Henry Stimson (1 Episode)

Series Crew 33