- Christopher Ellison - Mr. Kirkpatrick
- Suzanna Hamilton - Elizabeth Crilling
- Simon Shepherd - Stephen Devenish
- Nicholas Gecks - Rupert Margolis
- Amanda Redman - Susan Townsend
- Donald Hewlett - Russell Cawthorne
- Patrick Malahide - Axel Kingman
- Imelda Staunton - Polly Flinders
- Russell Hunter - Monkey Matthews
- Idris Elba - Raffy
- Tom Wilkinson - Robert Hathall
- Jean Heywood - Mrs. Penistan
- Ian McNeice - Ivan Teal
- Peter Egan - Rev. Henry Archery
- Philip Glenister - Brian Gregson
- Christopher Fulford - Dudley Drury
- Amanda Walker - Debbie Davidson
- William Ilkley - Bysouth
- Virginia McKenna - Milborough Lang
- Annette Crosbie - Irene Bell
- Dominic Jephcott - Gordon Vinald
- Kristy Bruce - Young Elizabeth Crilling
- Matthew Marsh - Angus Norris
- Olivia Williams - Jennifer Norris
- Elizabeth Spriggs - Eva Peterlee
- Anne Reid - Joyce Virson
- Sharon Maughan - Imogen Ide
- Sean Pertwee - Det. Sgt. Barry Vine
- Trevor Sellers - Herbert Painter
- Steven Mackintosh - Nicholas Virson
- Nigel Whitmey - Jonathan Hogarth
- Bernice Stegers - Joanne Garland
- Rachel Fielding - Painter on the Moor
- John Michie - Nick
- Joanna Scanlan - Audrey Barker
- Lynne Wilmot - Freya
- George Costigan - Det. Insp. Manciple
- Tony Haygarth - Maurice Cullam
- Leslie Phillips - Justin Whittaker
- James Callis - Guy Curran
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt - Mrs. Fanshawe
- Rebecca Lacey - Daphne Feast
- Rick Warden - William Newton
- Daniel Caltagirone - Danny Danilo
- Colin Firth - Stephen Whalby
- Julia Ormond - Nora Fanshawe
- Simon Ward - Will Harvey
- Josephine Butler - Leonora Chisholm
- Julian Wadham - John Dyson
- Peter Capaldi - Zeno Vedast
- Phoebe Nicholls - May Thrace
- Cordelia Bugeja - Young Rosario
- Michael Nardone - Mortuary Attendant
- Joseph Long - Godfrey Tate
- Tom Chadbon - Piers
- Albert Welling - Mr. Thrace
- Gemma Jones - Mrs. Peveril
- Tim Woodward - Nick Hawthorne
- Donald Sumpter - Edward Peveril
- Honeysuckle Weeks - Jenny
- James D'Arcy - Nicholas Hawthorne (Aged 22)
- Susannah Wise - Shop Assistant
- Ravi Kapoor - Det. Sgt. Khan
- Paul Freeman - Julius Sorensen
- Simon Chandler - Reese
- Jason Flemyng - Peter Milton
- Eileen Davies - Marge
- Navin Chowdhry - Amal
- Amanda Boxer - Jane Zoffany
- Garry Cooper - Sergeant Holt
- Pip Torrens - Michael Quin
- Ronald Pickup - Chief Inspector Moore
- Marion Bailey - Ros Swan
- Owen Teale - Bob North
- Michael Byrne - DCC Charles Griswold
- Fred Pearson - Chief Insp. Jack 'Brock' Lovat
- Lucy Cohu - Magdelene Heller
- Julian Firth - John Oldbury
- Jane Lapotaire - Anouk Khoori
- Michael Cochrane - Swithun Riding
- George Harris - Dr. Raymond Akande
- Kelly Reilly - Kimberly
- Cal MacAninch - Finn
- Susannah York - Liz
- Jerome Flynn - Martin Urban
- John Castle - Mark
- Omid Djalili - Mr Kaiafas
- James Fleet - Neil Fairfax
- James Fleet - Neil Fairfax (uncredited)
- Marc Sinden - Richard Fairfax (uncredited)
- David Ryall - Bill
- Mary Healey - Iris Harvey
- Sadie Frost - Francesca
- Clare Holman - Fay Devenish
- Harriet Thorpe - Anita Margolis
- Keith Newby - Jerry
- Kim Thomson - Linda Grover
- June Ritchie - Nancy Lake
- Peter Baldwin - Coroner
- Lisa Harrow - Petra Summers
- Kwabena Manso - Louis Mbowele
- Robert Morgan - Timothy Jordan
- Robert Morgan - John Gabbitas (uncredited)
- David Collings - Michael Sunderton
- Eleanor Bron - Rosario
- Terrence Hardiman - Solicitor
- Michael Jayston - Quentin Nightingale
- Catherine Neilson - Elizabeth Nightingale
- Nigel Terry - Denys Villiers
- Karen Meagher - Georgina Villiers
- Dave Hill - Dep. Chief Constable Freeborn
- Dave Hill - Det. Chief Constable Freeborn
- Mamta Kaash - Malina Patel
- Patrick Drury - Chief Supt. Howard Fortune
- Charon Bourke - Sylvia Fairfax
- Karen Westwood - Sara Williams
- John Forgeham - Det Insp Baker
- Liz Smith - Lena Finn
- William Simons - Det. Insp. Michael Baker
- Peter Gilmore - Frank Malm (uncredited)
- Peter Gilmore - Frank Malm
- Sylvia Syms - Lilian Crown
- Sylvia Syms - Mrs. Whalby
- Sylvia Syms - Stephen's mother
- Sylvia Syms - Mrs. Thorn
- Fiona Dolman - Ella
- Ian Gelder - Peter Renton
- Arthur Cox - Mr. Grover
- Ann Penfold - Jean Burden
- Michael Stainton - Sgt. Camb
- John Warnaby - Augustus Casey
- Ruth Rendell
Noah Huntley hace el papel de John Burden.
Phoebe Nicholls interpreta a May Thrace en la serie.
Paul Freeman interpreta a Julius Sorensen en la serie.
George Harris hace el papel de Dr. Raymond Akande.
Jason Flemyng interpreta a Peter Milton en la serie.
Tom Wilkinson interpreta a Robert Hathall en la serie.
Steven Mackintosh hace el papel de Nicholas Virson.
Ian McNeice interpreta a Ivan Teal en la serie.
Emily Mortimer interpreta a Elvira Crossland en la serie.
Jean Heywood interpreta a Mrs. Penistan en la serie.
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