Cast
Julian Roach
as Self
Simon Armitage
as Self
Paul Rotha
as Self
Thomas Turgoose
as Self
Eva Wagner-Pasquier
as Self - Wolfgang's Daughter & Katharina's Half-Sister
Alison Moyet
as Self
Tony Warren
as Self
Rudolf Bing
as Self
Renée Fleming
as Self
Phil Collins
as Self
Lesley Manville
as Self
Karen Sharp
as Self
Alec Guinness
as Self
Jonathan Romney
as Self
Rupert Sheldrake
as Self - biologist
Rowan Atkinson
Kathy Phillips
as Self - Beauty Editor, Tatler
Hilton McRae
as Mike McCullock
Georg Solti
as Self
Darren Southworth
as Self
Paul Gambaccini
as Self
Ben Elton
as Self
Eric Idle
as Rutles Narrator
Hugh Leonard
as Self
John Musker
as Self
Mark Jax
as CD
Rob Brydon
as Self
Alan Howard
as Self
Ken Anderson
as Self - Art Director
Robert Craft
as Self
Barry Humphries
as Self
Fenella Fielding
as Self
John Swannell
as Self - Fashion Photographer
Amanda Root
as Claire Clairmont
Bernie Taupin
as Self
Helen Oakley Dance
as Self
Adrian Macintosh
as Self
John Fowles
as Self
Peter Morgan
as Self
The Blues Band
as Themselves
Alison Steadman
as Self
Conor McPherson
as Self
Freddie Young
as Self
Andrew Macdonald
as Self
Jann Wenner
as Self - Rolling Stone Magazine Editor
Lynn Seymour
as Dance Performer
Daniel Craig
as Self
Gerald English
as Self - Music Performer
Carol Ann Duffy
as Self
Norman Foster
as Self
Steven Spielberg
as Self
Jack Lemmon
as Self
Kendall O'Connor
as Self - Art Director
Jerry Leiber
as Self
Nathan Lane
as Self
Brian Eno
as Self
Gareth Hale
as Self
Daniel Radcliffe
as Self
David Puttnam
as Self
Tim Brooke-Taylor
as Self
Günter Grass
as Self
Angie Dickinson
as Self
Honor Blackman
as Self
Shamus Culhane
as Self - Animator
Danny Bank
as Self
Sean Hay
as Narrator
Amy De Bhrún
as Tess Durbeyfield
Ivo van Hove
as Self
Mitch Mitchell
as Self - Interviewee
Sam Mendes
as Self
Ted Formby
as Self - Brother
John Sessions
as Napoleon
Samuel Barnett
as Self
Rob Ashford
as Self
Edward Watson
as Self
David Alan Grier
as Self
Harry Connick Jr.
as Self
David Sylvester
as Self
Iona Brown
as Self - Performer (Violin Concerto)
Frankie Poullain
as Self (as The Darkness)
Peter Brook
as Self
Suzanne Sloan
as The Chorus
Richard Williams
as Director
Darryl Way
as Self - Electric Violinist
Mary Green
as Self
John Boorman
as Self
Liam Neeson
as Self
Stéphane Grappelli
as Self
The Mahotella Queens
as Themselves
Mandy More
as Johanna
Rachid Taha
as Self
Carole Hayman
as Lin (Act Two 'Cloud Nine')
Simon Russell Beale
as Contributor
Martin Baum
as Self
Frank Mills
as Self
Tony Levin
as Self
Peter Nichols
as Self
Josie Lawrence
as Rachel
Colin Welland
as Self
Jennifer Saunders
as Self
Sylvie Guillem
as Self
Tim Minchin
as Self
Wayne McGregor
as Self
Paul Abbott
as Self
Meera Syal
as Self
Shane Meadows
as Self
Peter Baynham
as Self
Philip French
as Self
Ruaraidh Murray
as Skinner
John Mills
as Self
Martin Love
as Self - Sub-Editor, Esquire
Keith Bookman
as Thug
Robert Christgau
as Self
Michael Bywater
as Dirk Gently
Khaled
as Self
Tim Curry
as King Arthur
Benedict Nightingale
as Self
Michael Bernardin
as Referee
Binkie Stuart
as Self
Kingsley Amis
as Self
Anne V. Coates
as Self
Jamie Golding
as Daniel
John Fortune
Joyce Tenneson
as Self - Photographer
Eric Clapton
as Self
John Du Prez
as Self
John Regan
as Self - historian, Irish Association of Professional Historians
Ciarán Hinds
as Albert Camus
Albert Longmore
as Self - Fan
Dustin Hoffman
as Self - Guest
Richard Eyre
as Self - Director
David McVicar
as Stage Director
Tony Anselmo
as Self - Animator
Danny Elfman
as Self - Composer
Edward Boyd
as Self
Bill Forsyth
Michael Shaeffer
as Thomas
Laura Mvula
as Self
Maureen Tucker
as Self
Svyatoslav Richter
as Self
Simon Johns
as Jude the Obscure
Dave Green
as Self
Derek Malcolm
as Self
Graham Payn
as Self - Companion
David Wills
as Self
Damian Wayling
as Self
Jessye Norman
as Self
Cyril Bridge
as Self - Royal Army Service Corps, Deolali, India
Ludi Boeken
as Self - Interviewee
Jamie Cullum
as Self
Alan Bennett
as Self
Michael Imperioli
as Self - Guest
Ricky Tomlinson
as Self
Fenton Fox Bailey
as Self
Melissa Rivers
as Self
Ernst Gombrich
as Self
Linda D'Arcy
as The Chorus
Bob Fosse
as Self
Cecilia Bartoli
as Self
Harold Pinter
as Self
Ron Clements
as Self
Robert Wade
as Self
Jim Sweeney
as Self
Richard Vranch
as Self
Joseph Heller
as Self
Sacheverell Sitwell
as Self
William Clark
as Self - Leading Aircraftsman, Karachi
William Relton
as The Chorus
John Mortimer
as Self
Alan Sharp
as Self
David Atherton
as Self - Conductor
Tom Paulin
as Self - Critic and Playwright
Benjamin Britten
as Self
Steve Nieve
as Self
Tony Britten
as Self - Musical Director
Jo Wood
as Self
Judi Dench
as Self
Barry Flanagan
as Self - Interviewee
Delbert McClinton
as Self
Christopher Bond
as Self
Christopher Ricks
as Self - professor of English, Cambridge University
Boy George
as Self - Guest
Ruth Rendell
as Self
Norman Pace
as Self
Mike Leigh
as Self
John Stevenson
as Self
Sue Freestone
as Self
Rosie Boycott
as Self - Editor, Esquire
Marie Jackson
as The Chorus
Arielle Smith
as Self
John Ogdon
as Self
Tim Pat Coogan
as Self - author of 'Michael Collins: A Biography'
Martin Scorsese
as Self
Ty Burr
as Self
Hugh Stewart
as Self - Rank Producer, 1947-1967
David Hare
as Self
Howard Jacobson
as Self
Gary Powell
as Self
Martje Grohmann
as Self
Colin Thubron
Alex Splendore
as Patrick
Booth Colman
as Self
Neil Jordan
as Self
Tom Wolfe
as Self
Max Stafford-Clark
as Self
Michael Grade
as Self
Edna O'Brien
as Self
Lois Laurel
as Self
Dilys Watling
as Beggar Woman
Alexander Smirnoff
as Boris Pasternak
Ken Adam
as Self
Anish Kapoor
as Self
Rick Heinrichs
as Self - Production Designer
Robert Mitchum
as Self
Paul McCartney
as Self
Terry Jones
as Self
David Attenborough
as Self
Elizabeth Taylor
as Self - Guest
Gwen Taylor
as Chastity
Jamie Hewlett
as Self
Alec Westwood
as De Fretais
Robert Altman
as Self
Mark Bell
as Self
Jerry Harrison
Yoko Ono
as Self
Merle Park
as Dance Performer
Peter Quennell
as Self
Ted Hughes
as Self
Jimmy Tarbuck
as Self
Benjamin Zephaniah
as Self
Andy Smart
as Self
Maurice Jarre
as Self
Mishka Rushdie Momen
as Self
Camille Paglia
as Self
Windsor Davies
Michael Nyman
as Self
Gladys Knight
as Self
Diana Rigg
as Self
Edward Bond
as Self
Peter Gabriel
as Self - Guest
Tinchy Stryder
as Self
Jo Brand
as Self
Iain Pattinson
as Self
King Charles III
as Self
Jim Allen
as Self
David Morrissey
as Self - Guest
Andrew Ballen
as Self
Ingmar Bergman
as Self
David Rhodes
as Self
Elton John
as Self
Elvis Costello
as Self
John Cale
as Self
Elizabeth Dawn
as Self
Lynda Bellingham
as Self - Narrator
Omar Sharif
as Self
Leonid Maizel
as Yuri Pasternak
Harold Prince
as Self
Cristóbal Halffter
as Self
Reece Shearsmith
as Self
Nadja Michael
as Salome
Chas Chandler
as Self - Interviewee
Thora Hird
as Self
Robbie Coltrane
as Self
Maureen Chadwick
as Self
Victoria Duncan
as The Chorus
Peter Blake
as Self
Steven Alvey
as Young Raymond Watmough
Patti Smith
as Self
Tracey Ullman
as Self
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
as Themselves - Music Performer
Barbara Britten
as Self
Terry Pratchett
as Self
Samuel L. Jackson
as Self
David Liddiment
as Self
Ralph McTell
Seamus Heaney
as Self
Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell
as Self
Arditti Quartett
as Themselves - Performer
Harry Enfield
as Self
Owen O'Neill
as Self
Ron Asheton
as Self
Barbara Dickson
as Self
Arif Mardin
as Self
Coldplay
as Themselves
Billy Sherrill
as Producer
Peter Dahlsen
as Sly
Tim Aspinall
as Self
Nona Liddell
as Self - Performer
Marc Forster
as Self - Guest
Martin Amis
as Self
Mathieu Amalric
as Self
Eva Jane Sinclair
as Self - Assistant Director
John McEwen
as Self - Art Critic Sunday Telegraph
Andrey Konchalovskiy
as Self
Tony Rohr
as Self
Milos Forman
as Self
John Thaw
as Self
Abi Morgan
as Self
Philip Larkin
as Self
Red Priest
as Themselves
Vivian Nicholson
as Self
Gore Vidal
as Self
Paula Rego
as Self
Benny Green
as Self
Jude Law
as Self
Andrew Davies
as Self
Bob Mills
as Self
Norman Wisdom
as Self
Ronnie Wood
as Self
John Yorke
as Self
Julian Mitchell
as Self - Interviewee
Michael Palin
as Self
Chris Frantz
John Woodvine
as Readings
Nicholas Hytner
as Self
Trevor Nelson
as Self
Lee Simpson
as Self
Daniel DiCriscio
as Self
Howard Goodall
as Self
Googie Withers
as Self
Tasmin Little
as Self
Felicity Kendal
as Self
Florence Welch
as Self
Sally Wainwright
as Self
Eva Rieger
as Self - Friedelind's Biographer
Akira Kurosawa
as Self
Alan Clarke
as Self
Joanna Lumley
as Self
Margaret Nolan
Gaynor Faye
as Self
Yehudi Menuhin
as Self
Leueen Willoughby
as Self
Jeanette Winterson
as Self
Michael Holroyd
as Self
Caryl Churchill
as Self
Peter Jones
as The Book
Tim Hatley
as Self
Frank Auerbach
Baby Washington
as Self
John Pritchard
as Self - Interviewee
Jarvis Cocker
as Self
Lou Reed
as Self
Fred Schepisi
as Self
John Barton
as Self
John le Carré
as Self
Dylan Moran
as Self
Bernardine Evaristo
as Self
Charlie Whelan
as Self
Chris Lowe
as Self
Bette Midler
as Self
Marina Warner
as Self
Buddy Guy
as Self
Kenneth MacMillan
as Self
Michael Frayn
as Self
Sally Faulkner
as Mrs B
Tony Blair
as Self
Woody Allen
as Self - Interviewee
Anthony Page
as Self
Kyung-Wha Chung
as Self
Keith Waterhouse
as Self
Katharina Wagner
as Self - Wolfgang & Gudrun's Daughter
Roger Allam
as Willy Brandt
Gottfried Wagner
as Self - Wolfgang's Son & Friedelind's Nephew
Friedelind Wagner
as Self - Winifred's Daughter
Christopher Eccleston
as Self
Paul Jones
as Self
Iggy Pop
as Self - Guest
Barry Took
as Self
Gillian Anderson
as Self - Guest
Patrick Cadell
as Self - 1st Assistant Director
Axel Zwingenberger
as Self
Philip Tabane
as Self
Jeff Pope
as Self
Willie Nelson
as Self
Little Richard
as Self
John Lloyd
as Self
Neil Michael
as The Chorus
Dr. John
as Self
Irvine Welsh
as Self
David Threlfall
as Self
Brian Wilson
as Self
James Corden
as Self
David Strong
Tony Marchand
as Self
Liza Minnelli
as Self - Guest
Katherine Dyson
as The Chorus
Mark Wallinger
as Self
June Whitfield
as Self
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
as Self
John Sebastian
as Self
Santana
as Themselves
Joaquín Rodrigo
as Self
Suzy Aitchison
as Self
Ken Loach
as Self
Ian Carr
as Self - Music Performer
Michael Cimino
as Self
Meryl Streep
as Self - Guest
Jacqueline Wilson
as Self
Leo Braudy
as Self - Author 'The Frenzy of Renown'
Anthony Burgess
as Self
Arthur Mitchell
as Self
Karen Morley
as Self
Angus Deayton
as Self
Amma Asante
as Self - Interviewee
Steve Pemberton
as Self
Mick Jagger
as Self
Melvyn Bragg
as Self - Presenter
Jean Alexander
as Self
David Hockney
as Self
Morrissey
as Self
Scott Hicks
as Self - Director of 'Shine'
Justine Frischmann
as Presenter
Rex Taylor-Craig
as The Chorus
Darya Khudyakova
as Olga Ivinskaya and Lara
Siouxsie Sioux
as Self
Robert Frank
as Self
Stephen Tiller
as Bernard
Adam Tandy
as Self
Doug Bradley
as Self - Interviewee
Dennis Potter
as Self - Interviewee
Barry Cryer
as Self
Robert Bolt
as Self
Frank Cottrell Boyce
as Self
Oona Kirsch
as Marion Chumley
Petula Clark
as Self
Charles Lawson
as Self
Nick Elliott
as Self
Leslie Grantham
as Self
Brian Moore
as Self
Michael Eisner
as Self - Chairman, The Walt Disney Company
Demi Moore
as Self - Guest
John Bird
Peter Whitmore
as Self
Ned Sherrin
as Self
Cildo Meireles
as Self
Carole Pope
as Self
Martin Jarvis
as Self - Reader
Nick Hornby
as Self
Peter Maxwell Davies
as Self - Interviewee
Guy Chambers
as Self
Patrick Stewart
as Self
Carole Bayer Sager
as Self
Nora Ephron
as Self
Sarah Parkinson
as Self
Roger Black
as Self
Burt Bacharach
as Self
Ronald Neame
as Self
Nick Park
as Self
Grant Smith
as The Chorus
Jack Thorne
as Self
Mark Salisbury
as Self - Author, Burton on Burton
Jack Hodgson
as Self - Normandy Bridgehead
Sarah Phelps
as Self
Jon Naismith
as Self
Wayne Kramer
as Self
Imelda Staunton
as Self
Gary U.S. Bonds
as Self
Neil Simon
as Self - Guest
Isabel Allende
as Self
Irvine Arditti
as Self - Performer
Ian Bostridge
as Self
Rod Stewart
as Self
John Fuller
as Self
Satyajit Ray
as Self
Michael Somes
as Dance Performer
Oliver Hilmes
as Self - Cosima's Biographer
Sterling Morrison
as Self
Jed Mercurio
as Self
Geoffrey Burridge
Mark Lawson
as Self
Katherine Jenkins
as Self
Big Joe Duskin
as Self
Julie McNamara
as Self
Jasper Conran
as Self
Ollie Johnston
as Self - Animator
Ben Goddard
as Del
Ian McKellen
as Self
Peter O'Toole
as Self
Paul Daniels
as Self
Steven Berkoff
as Self
Mercia Glossop
as The Chorus
Linder Sterling
as Self
William Golding
as Self
Michael Bulman
as The Chorus
Clive Barker
as Self - Interviewee
Frances de la Tour
as Self
Peter Rogers
as Self
Paddy Considine
as Self
Roy Seawright
as Self
Philip Madoc
as Self
Stephen Mangan
as Self - Reader
Nellie Hudson
as Self
Barbara Thompson
as Self - Music Performer
Gene Hackman
as Self - Guest
Robert Redford
as Self
Björk
as Self
Jonny Whiteside
as Self
Daphne Wagner
as Self - Wagner's Great-Granddaughter
Trevor Nunn
as Self
Billy Riddoch
as Alec
L. Shankar
as Self
Eileen Atkins
Agnes Habereder
as Cassandra
Tim Rice
as Self
Carl Perkins
as Self
Lana Cantrell
as Self
Shirley Williams
as Self
Nick Cave
as Self
Steve Coogan
as Self
Barbara Broccoli
as Self
Nico
as Self
Malcolm Arnold
as Self
Bill Bryden
as Self
Sam Taylor-Johnson
as Self
Elizabeth Bradley
as Self
Ermanno Olmi
as Self
Charlie Gillett
as Self - Music Critic & Broadcaster
Anne McManus
as Self
Tom Jones
as Self - Guest
Simon Napier-Bell
as Self
Lily Tomlin
as Self
Jürgen Flimm
as Self - Director of the 2000 Bayreuth 'Ring'
Ken Dodd
as Self
Stanley Kramer
as Self
Michael Dewar
as Self - Colonel, counter-insurgency expert
George Raistrick
as The Committee
Andria Zafirakou
as Self
Volker Schlöndorff
as Self
John Box
as Self
Jeff Green
as Self
Herbert von Karajan
as Self
Brian Sibley
as Self - Writer & Broadcaster
Sean Connery
as Self
Ward Kimball
as Self - Animator
Lenny Henry
as Self
Andrew C. Wadsworth
as Anthony Hope
Charles Causley
as Self
Johnny Depp
as Self
Michael Kitchen
as Creation Performer
William Walton
as Self
James L. Brooks
as Self
David Urwin
as The Chorus
Elaine Paige
as Self
Elizabeth Jagger
as Self
J.G. Ballard
as Self
Eddie Quillan
as Self
Norman Rosenthal
as Self
Ronnie Corbett
as Self
Paul Gravett
as Self
Colloseum II
as Themselves
Akram Khan
as Self
Frank Grimes
as Father O'Donnell
Louise Berridge
as Self
Damien Hirst
as Self
Ninette de Valois
as Self
Freddie Jones
David Lean
as Self
Eric Gibson
as Self - Art Critic
James Nesbitt
as Self
Bheki Mseleku
as Self
Theodora Richards
as Self
Julie Walters
as Self
Merce Cunningham
as Self
Ronald Isley
as Self
Lynda La Plante
as Self
Jonathan Miller
as Self
Robert Britten
as Self
Dickie Jones
as Self - Voice of Pinocchio
Allen Jones
as Self
Austin Kent
as Judge Turpin
Derek Boshier
as Self
Betty Driver
as Self
Corin Redgrave
as Berlioz
Verena Lafferentz
as Self - Winifred's Daughter
Roger Graef
as Self
William Tarmey
as Self
David Tomblin
as Self
Peter Berry
as Self
Abafana Baseqhudeni
as Themselves
Denis Lawson
as Self
Tim Roth
as John Polidori
Alex Jennings
as Nicky
Ella Formby
as Self - Sister
Roy Hudd
as Self
Alfred Burke
as Self
Christopher Lee
as Self
Hanif Kureishi
as Self
Gillian Weir
as Self
Wayne Sleep
as Self
Gerry Nicholas
as Self - Journalist
Mary Banotti
as Self - Michael Collins's niece
John Osborne
as Self
Gerard Malanga
as Self
Allen Ginsberg
as Self
Alan Simpson
as Self
Kiri Te Kanawa
as Self
Armando Iannucci
as Self
Alex Sharpe
as Bernadette
Antony Sher
as Clive (Act One 'Cloud Nine')
Roger Wright
as Self
George V. Higgins
as Self
Mark Herbert
as Self
Jools Holland
as Self
Maxine Peake
as Self
Julie Wilson
as Self
Kazuo Koike
as Self
Tim Burton
as Self
Michael Powell
as Self
Douglas Adams
as Self
Rebecca Hall
as Self - Guest
Jack Bruce
as Self
Justin Hawkins
as Self
Sheila Hancock
as Self
Don Boyd
as Self
Alberta Whittle
as Self
Ian Charleson
as Self
Michael Sheen
as Self
David Helfgott
as Self
Janet Baker
as Self
Howard Brenton
as Self
Melissa Manchester
as Self
George Passmore
as Self
Neal Purvis
as Self
Patrick Marber
as Self
Roy Edward Disney
as Self - Vice Chairman, The Walt Disney Company
Ben Kingsley
as Self - Guest
Michael Billington
as Self
Alexander McCall Smith
as Self
Alan Davies
as Self
Sarah Miles
as Self
Ekome
as Themselves
Lee Middleton
as Self
Alkarim Jivani
as Self
Benedict Taylor
as Percy Shelley
Ian Rankin
as Self
Kevin Spacey
as Self
Charles White
as Self - biographer of Little Richard
Dale Meeks
as Ginger
Maria Ewing
as Self - Presenter, Opera Award
Johnny Otis
as Self
Gerald Scarfe
as Self
Steve Cropper
as Self
Wendy Brazington
as Self
Verity Bargate
as Self
Jonathan Kent
as Tom Ripley
Anthony Green
as Self
Wally Fawkes
as Self
Brian Glover
as God
Juluka
as Themselves
David Suchet
as Self - Guest
Pauline Kael
as Self
Bee Jazzy
as Self
Pete Thomas
as Self
Claire Tomalin
as Self
Tracey Emin
as Self
Ray Galton
as Self
Carl Davis
as Self
Debbie Horsfield
as Self
Dizzee Rascal
as Self
Jane Lapotaire
as Self
Ruth Rosengarten
as Self - Art Historian
Grayson Perry
as Self
Ronnie Hazlehurst
as Self
Ian Hislop
as Self
Bernadette Peters
as Self - Guest
Michael Jayston
as Gary
Carlos Acosta
as Self
Claudio Abbado
as Self
William Hoyland
as Self
Will Young
as Self
Blur
as Themselves
Wynton Marsalis
as Self
Michael Tippett
as Self
Kevin Kennedy
as Self
Roger Ballen
as Self
Iris Wagner
as Self - Wieland's Eldest Daughter
Rita Thomson
as Self
Mal Young
as Self
Michael Bryant
Marc Quinn
as Self
Russell Watson
as Self
Nigel Floyd
as Self - Interviewee
Marc Davis
as Self - Animator
Michael Blakemore
as Self
Denis Quilley
as Self
Dilys Powell
as Self
Nancy Dawson
as Self - Swedenborg Society
Sello Maake Ka-Ncube
as Self
Matt Lucas
as Self
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
as Themselves
Sandie Shaw
as Self
Michael Loughman
as William Blake
Nike Wagner
as Self - Friedelind's Niece
William Goldman
as Self
Anthony Hopkins
as Self
Beth Britten Welford
as Self
Hayley Mills
as Self - Guest
Desmond Tutu
as Self
Bruce Channel
as Self
Dominic West
as Self
Kay Mellor
as Self
Diane Mansfield
as The Chorus
Ruth Madoc
Peter Wright
as Self
Kathryn Flett
as Self
David Alden
as Self
Wolfgang Wagner
as Self - Wagner's Grandson and Gottfried & Eva's Father
Jeffrey Richards
as Self - Professor of Cultural History, Lancaster University
Victoria Wood
as Self
Rolando Villazón
as Self
Evelyn Glennie
as Self
Dave Gelly
as Self
John Lasseter
as Self
Dagny Beidler
as Self - Isolde Wagner's Granddaughter
Diana Hawkins
as Self
Miranda Richardson
as Mary Shelley
Trisha Noble
as Self
Anna-Marie Sullivan
as Self
Neil Tennant
as Self
Roy 'Chubby' Brown
as Self
Helen Mirren
as Self
Irek Mukhamedov
as Self
Tina Weymouth
Lauren Bacall
as Self
Wayne Marshall
as Self
Sting
as Self
Andrew Motion
as Self
Andrew Wyeth
as Self
Emmylou Harris
as Self
Alan Parker
as Self
Nine Below Zero
as Themselves
Seu Jorge
as Self
Samuel Bailey
as Self
José Cura
as Self
Geoffrey Perkins
as Self
Hal Roach
as Self
David Rothman
as Self
Jacques Loussier
Willis Hall
as Self
Ravi Shankar
as Self
Michael Hordern
as Creation Performer
Julian Clary
as Self
Noel Hughes
as Self - schoolfriend
Julian Lloyd Webber
as Self
Ed Moloney
as Self - northern editor of The Sunday Tribune
Anthony Minghella
as Self
Paul Marquess
as Self
Bryan Forbes
as Self
The George Formby Society
as Themselves
Sue Townsend
as Self
Jane Glover
as Self
Alfie Boe
as Self
Frank Skinner
as Self
Digby Fairweather
as Self
Renée Zellweger
as Self - Guest
Carey Wilson
as Mr. Green
Alex Woolf
as Self
Peter Hall
as Self
Johnny Briggs
as Self
Francis Wilford Smith
as Self - Presenter
Quentin Crisp
as Self
Luise Rainer
as Self - Guest
Jackie Kay
as Self
Keith Jarrett
as Self
George Harrison
as Self
Cleo Hayes
as Self
Denis Norden
as Self
Oliver Parker
as Self - Interviewee
Lisa Dillon
as Self
Caetano Veloso
as Self
George Clinton
as Self
Leee Black Childers
as Self
William Whittaker
as Self - 9th Indian Infantry Brigade
Matthew Bourne
as Self
Tom Stoppard
as Self
Marina Kemp
as Self
Norman Nicholson
as Self
Eric Sykes
as Self
Beryl Bainbridge
as Self
Garrick Hagon
as Walt Disney
Nic Greenshields
as Jacob
Linton Kwesi Johnson
as Self
Ronald Pickup
as Narrator
David Walliams
as Self
Dolly Parton
as Self
Ken Morley
as Self
Louise Hunt
as Self
Barbara Windsor
as Self
Mark Rylance
as Self - Guest
Ang Lee
as Self
Ingrid Bergman
as Self
Tina Brown
as Self - Vanity Fair Editor
Stephen Sondheim
as Self
Robin Denselow
as Self - Music Critic & Broadcaster
Richard Griffiths
as Self
Mike Newell
as Self
Edward Albee
as Self
Jerry Marotta
as Self
William Roache
as Self
Russell Davies
as Self
Daniel Massey
as Self - Coward's Godson
David Shannon
as John
James Scott
as Self
Howard Hodgkin
as Self
Paul Greengrass
as Self
Jack Dee
as Self
Billy Joel
as Self
Peter Ackroyd
as Self
Adam Foulds
as Self
Lindsay String Quartet
as Themselves - Music Performer
Craig David
as Self
Pierre Boulez
as Self - Wieland's Conductor in Bayreuth 1966
Paul Rhys
as Self - Interviewee
Stephen Poliakoff
as Self
Jim Carter
as Big Jule
Angela Griffin
as Self
Georges Simenon
James Ivory
as Self
Simon Gresswell
as Self - Tour Manager for One Man Show
Peter Grimes
as Self
Gloria Stuart
as Self
Rose Hobart
as Self
Michael Winterbottom
as Self
Nicola Shindler
as Self
Jon Lord
as Self
Andrew Golder
as The Chorus
Láng Lang
as Self
Silvia Beamish
as The Chorus
Annie Lennox
as Self - Guest
Felix Dennis
as Self
Beata Mayer
as Self
Robert Downey Jr.
as Self - Guest
Graham Norton
as Self
Jeffrey Katzenberg
as Self - Vice Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios
Martin Element
as Self - Boy, First Class, Artic Patrol
Peter Atkins
as Self - Interviewee
Georgina Parkinson
as Dance Performer
Stephen H. Bogart
as Self
Joanna David
as Dora Carrington
Vladimir Ashkenazy
as Self - Interviewee
Edward Petherbridge
Moby
as Self
Vanessa Redgrave
as Self
Emir Kusturica
as Self
George Martin
as Self
Stephen Woolley
as Self
Simon Frith
as Self - Presenter (Rough Trade section)
Julian Bream
as Self
Dr. Feelgood
as Themselves
Peter Parker
as Self - industrialist
Lesley Sharp
as Self
Mike Stoller
as Self
David Frost
as Self
Tessa Ross
as Self
John Thomson
as Self
Michael Pennington
as Self
John Gielgud
as Narrator
Steve Hillage
as Self - Musician & Producer
Alan J.W. Bell
as Self
Bill Bryson
as Self
Victor Bockris
as Self
Alice Walker
as Self
Beverley Knight
as Self
Anna Rees
as Janet
Lee Hall
as Self
Robert Skidelsky
as Self
Tony Cash
as Self
Eddie Hudson
as Ass. Engineer
Tony Garnett
as Self
Noah Jupe
as Self
Andrew Lloyd Webber
as Self
Stephen Hill
as The Chorus
Patricia Highsmith
as Self
Vivienne Westwood
as Self
Humphrey Lyttelton
as Self
Leonard Bernstein
as Self
Tamara Rojo
as Self
Terry Hands
as Self
Amanda Barrie
as Self
Peter Pears
as Self
John Barry
as Self
George R.R. Martin
as Self
David Ervine
as Self - spokesman for the Progressive Unionist Party
Allison Ulson
as Self
James MacDonald
as Self - Sound Effects
Noel Redding
as Self - Interviewee
Siân Phillips
Sam Spiegel
as Self
Roy Kinnear
as Raymond Watmough
Juliette Binoche
as Self - Guest
Abe Burrows
as Self - Interviewee
David Wall
as Crown Prince Rudolf
Charlie Watts
as Self
Paul Morrissey
as Self
Wendy Taylor
as Self
Ian Mercer
as Self
Clint Boon
as Self
Albert Finney
as Self
Sherrie Hewson
as Self
Richard Dawkins
as Self
Christopher Nupen
as Self
Jonathan Bate
as Self
John Read
as Self
Simon Channing Williams
as Self
Joan Collins
as Self
Olga Kurylenko
as Self
Darlene Johnson
as The Committee
David Toguri
as Self - Choreographer
Peter Kosminsky
as Self
David Wheldon Williams
as The Beadle
Richard Hoggart
as Self
Laurence Olivier
as Self
John Cleese
as Self
Sarah Lancashire
as Self
Paul Theroux
as Self
George Michael
as Self
Beryl Cook
as Self
Angel Lee
as Self - former girlfriend of Little Richard
Barbara Cartland
as Self
Julia McKenzie
as Miss Adelaide
Paul Mooney
as Self
Hannah Waddingham
as Christine
Leif Ove Andsnes
as Self
Thea Vidale
as Self
Charles Shaar Murray
as Self
Muriel Gray
as Self
Robert Stephens
as Raymond Chandler
Sarah Kent
as Self
John Aron
as Pirelli
Bob Keen
as Self - Interviewee
Gavin Millar
as Self - Director
Ewan McGregor
as Self - Guest
Jodie Foster
as Self
Dan Hawkins
as Self (as The Darkness)
Ed Graham
as Self (as The Darkness)
Peter Howson
as Self - Artist
Richard Dacre
as Self - Film Historian
Stephen Moore
as Marvin
Maggie Unsworth
as Self
Thomas Keneally
as Self
Eduardo Paolozzi
as Self
Catherine Cookson
as Self
Clive Merrison
as Self
Noel Walton
as Self
Salman Rushdie
as Self - Guest
Margaret Drabble
Clint Eastwood
as Self - Guest
Arthur Miller
as Self
Jane Tranter
as Self
Angus Wilson
as Self
Jonathan Raban
as Self
Barrie Rutter
as Benny Southstreet
Francis Ford Coppola
as Self - Guest
Anja Silja
as Self - Wieland's Mistress
David Dabydeen
as Self
Nick Coleman
as Self
Signe Hasso
as Self
Joe Hyams
as Self
Larry Fast
as Self
Phillip King
as Self
Jamie Parker
as Self
P.D. James
as Self
Hayao Miyazaki
as Self
Patrick Caulfield
as Self
Robin Montague
as Self
Ralph Kirshbaum
as Self - Performer (Cello Concerto)
David Healy
as Nicely-Nicely Johnson
Rich Frank
as Self - President, The Walt Disney Studios
John Hodge
as Self
Julie Covington
as Betty (Act Two 'Cloud Nine')
Werner Herzog
as Self
Danny DeVito
as Self
Nicola Hicks
as Self
Natalie Zimmerman
as Self - Production Designer
Billie Jean King
as Self
Miriam Margolyes
as Self
James Galway
as Self
Stephen Graham
as Self
Oz Clarke
as Jonas Fogg
Ken Russell
as Self
Neil Mullarkey
as Self
B.B. King
as Self - Interviewee
George Melly
as Narrator
Raymond Westwell
as Churchill
Eileen Derbyshire
as Self
Helen Worth
as Self
Katsuhiro Ôtomo
as Self
Michael Staniforth
as Tobias Ragg
Christopher Morahan
as Self
Terry Gilliam
as Self
Andrea Arnold
as Self
Donald Douglas
as The Committee
George Best
as Self
John Berger
as Self
John Lahr
as Self
Ron Reynolds
as Engineer
Benedict Cumberbatch
Elle Fanning
as Mary
John McLaughlin
as Self
Victor Banerjee
as Self
John Peel
as Self
Joan Rivers
as Self
Brona C. Titley
as Self
Mabel McKeown
as Self
Brigitte Hamann
as Self - Historian & Winifred's Biographer
Edward Gorey
as Self
Randy Skretvedt
as Self
Michael G. Wilson
as Self
Fay Weldon
as Self
Paloma Bailey
as Self
David Byrne
as Self - Guest
William Klein
as Self - Photographer
Imogen Holst
as Self
Linda Agran
as Self
Brenda Gilhooly
as Gayle Tuesday
Yvonne Kenny
as Self - Performer (Cressida)
Vicki Wickham
as Self
Peter York
as Self
Jan Younghusband
as Self
Stephen Savage
as Self - Music Performer
John Taylor
as Self - Author, 'Storming the Magic Kingdom'
Jim Davidson
as Self
John Hubbard
as Self - Painter
Jack Vettriano
as Self
Cherie Blair
as Self - Presenter, Outstanding Achievement Award
Henry Normal
as Self
Steve Reich
as Self
Kevin Short
as Hot Box Waiter
Ken Follett
as Self
Tania Wade
as Secretary
Lotte Eisner
as Self
Paul Jackson
as Self
Robert Sklar
as Self
Alexei Sayle
as Self
David Blandy
as Self
Gerhard Richter
as Self
Malombo
as Themselves
Simon Rattle
Willis Hartshorn
as Self
Malcolm McLaren
as Self
Elsie Hockey
as Self
Trudy Marshall
as Self
Robert Powell
as Voice of Boris Pasternak
Clive James
as Self
Eddie Izzard
as Self - Guest
Sarah Waters
as Self
Stephen Frears
as Self - Guest
Nelson George
as Self
Stuart Haycock
as The Chorus
Christopher Logue
as Self
John Martyn
as Self - Music Performer
Terence Davies
as Self
Norman Lloyd
as Self - Mercury Theater Actor
Wendy Ellis
as Dance Performer
Gilbert Prousch
as Self
Imogen Stubbs
as Voice of Lara and Olga
Russell Tovey
as Self - Guest
Donovan
as Self
Romolo Bruni
as Lorenzo Da Ponte
Cyril Nri
as Self
Paul O'Grady
as Self
Andrew Knott
as Self
Richard W. Bann
as Self
Kathy Mattea
as Self
Robert Gutman
as Self - Wagner's Biographer
Heather Harper
as Self - Music Performer
Jo Whiley
as Self
David Dixon
as Ford Prefect
Helena Bonham Carter
as Self
Germaine Greer
as Self
Henry Geldzahler
as Self
Gordon Williams
as Self
Ian McEwan
as Self
Courtney Pine
as Self
Arlo Parks
as Self
Frank Thomas
as Self - Animator
Susan Denaker
as Mrs. A
Keenen Ivory Wayans
as Self
Jim Hooper
as Betty (Act One 'Cloud Nine')
Arthur Boyd
Catherine Bailey
as Self
Joyce Carol Oates
as Self
Timothy Spall
as Self - Guest
Adam Mars-Jones
as Self
Georgia Holt
as Self
Neil Ardley
as Self
Rachel Weisz
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kennedy
as Charlie
Nicholas Cochrane
as Self
John Guare
as Self
Fontella Bass
as Self
Vesselina Kasarova
as Anna
Philip Pendrell-Smith
as Self
Neil Innes
as Ron Nasty
Ringo Starr
as Self
Vic Reeves
as Self
Simon Butteriss
as The Chorus
James Fox
as Self
Cassie Bradley
David Andrew Hamilton
as Self
Patrick Heron
as Self
Peter Miles
as Self
Darcey Bussell
as Self
A.S. Byatt
as Self
Neil LaBute
as Self
Mark Kermode
as Self - Film Critic
Burt Lancaster
Paul Oliver
as Self - Presenter
Joe Grant
as Self - Character Designer
Jo Fooks
as Self
Montserrat Caballé
as Self
Philip Hoare
as Self - Biographer
Tina Turner
as Self
Ahmet Ertegun
as Self
Juan Diego Flórez
as Self
John Houseman
as Self
Lee Remick
as Self
Saul Zaentz
as Self
Duncan Meadows
as Namaan -The Executioner
Lindsay Anderson
as Self
Ed Bishop
as Slampacker
Paul Merton
as Self
Bob Hoskins
as Nathan Detroit
Tom Elliott
as Self
Geoffrey Durham
as Self
Simon Jones
as Arthur Dent
Marilyn Horne
as Self
Hunter S. Thompson
as Self
London Sinfonietta
as Themselves - Music Performer
Mike Skinner
as Self
Tracy Shaw
as Self
Simon Humphrey
as Simon
Tim Pigott-Smith
as Self
Pete Townshend
as Self
Myra Sands
as The Chorus
Mike Nichols
as Self
Charlotte Cornwell
as Self
Welsh National Opera
as Themselves - Music Performer
Johnny Hallyday
as Self
Anne Sofie von Otter
as Marguerite
Susana Walton
as Self
Bruce Thomas
as Self
Sierra Boggess
as Self
Julie T. Wallace
as Self
Phil Redmond
as Self
Russell T. Davies
as Self
Joan Didion
as Self - Guest
Heidi Thomas
as Self
Vladimir Horowitz
as Self
Josie Walker
as Mary
Sven Nykvist
as Self
Graeme Garden
as Self
Annie Leibovitz
as Self
Andrew Graham-Dixon
as Self
Anthony Holden
as Self
James MacMillan
as Self
Bob Mortimer
as Self
Jimmy McGovern
as Self
Tim McInnerny
as Byron
Toni Morrison
as Self
Cher
as Self - Guest
Roman Polanski
as Self
Ann-Margret
as Self - Guest
Susie Orbach
as Self
Harriet Hammond
as Annie Gallimard
Elliott Carter
as Self
Rosamund Strode
as Self
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Richard Attenborough
as Self
John Shirley-Quirk
as Self
Charles Rosen
as Self - Pianist
Steve Martin
as Self
David Brindley
as Self
Eddie Fowlie
as Self
Jimmy Nail
as Self
David Bailey
as Self
Maria Aitken
as Carlotta
Claude Coats
as Self - Background Artist
Paul Shearer
as Electric Monk
Billy Connolly
as Self
Karel Reisz
as Self
David Arnold
as Self
Nick Rowland
as Self
Mama Lu Parks
as Self
Graham Sutherland
as Self
Benjamin Clémentine
as Self
Tony Coe
as Self - Music Performer
Stephen Fry
as Self
Danny Boyle
as Self
