- Jane Asher - Celia Ryder
- Charles Keating - Rex Mottram
- Jeremy Sinden - 'Boy', Viscount Mulcaster
- Mona Washbourne - Nanny Hawkins
- Nickolas Grace - Anthony Blanche
- Jenny Runacre - Brenda Champion
- Robin Sachs - Etonian
- Michael Bilton - Hayter
- Doris Nolan - Mrs. Stuyvesant-Oglander
- John Grillo - Mr. Samgrass
- Ralph Nossek - Plender
- Ronald Fraser - Red-Haired Man
- John Nettleton - Commanding Officer
- Kenneth Cranham - Sergeant Block
- Joseph Brady - Chief Purser
- Gary Waldhorn - Major Wilson
- John Le Mesurier - Father Mowbray
- Brian Oulton - Man from the Tate
- Andy Rashleigh - Policeman
- Niall Tóibín - Father Mackay
- Anna Quayle - Nancy Tallboys
- Bill Owen - Lunt
- Maggie Steed - Diplomat's Wife
- Paul Clayton - Tom
- Michael Gough - Doctor Grant
- Stephen Moore - Jasper
- Maria Charles - Ma Mayfield
- Stephen Mallatratt - Medical Officer
- Robert Urquhart - Quartering Commandant
- Sally Bazely - Grizel
- Geoffrey Chater - Consul
- Nicholas Le Prevost - Doctor
- Graham Seed - Jorkins
- Simon Chandler - Lieutenant James
- Roger Milner - Wilcox
- Richard Hope - Lieutenant Hooper
- Mark Chapman - Graduate (uncredited)
- Charles Sturridge
- Evelyn Waugh
- Derek Granger
- Jac Venza
Jeremy Irons interpreta a Charles Ryder en la serie.
Anthony Andrews interpreta a Lord Sebastian Flyte en la serie.
Diana Quick hace el papel de Lady Julia Flyte.
Claire Bloom interpreta a Teresa Flyte, Lady Marchmain en la serie.
Phoebe Nicholls interpreta a Lady Cordelia Flyte en la serie.
Simon Jones interpreta a 'Bridey', Lord Brideshead en la serie.
John Gielgud interpreta a Edward 'Ned' Ryder en la serie.
Laurence Olivier hace el papel de Alexander Flyte, Lord Marchmain.
Stéphane Audran interpreta a Cara en la serie.
Jane Asher interpreta a Celia Ryder en la serie.
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