Judi Dench

Iris Murdoch

Jim Broadbent

John Bayley

Kate Winslet

Young Iris Murdoch

Hugh Bonneville

Young John Bayley

Eleanor Bron

Principal

Angela Morant

Hostess

Penelope Wilton

Janet Stone

Siobhan Hayes

Check-Out Girl

Juliet Aubrey

Young Janet Stone

Joan Bakewell

BBC Presenter

Nancy Carroll

BBC PA

Kris Marshall

Dr. Gudgeon

Tom Mannion

Neurologist

Derek Hutchinson

Postman

Samuel West

Young Maurice

Saira Todd

Phillida Stone

Juliet Howland

Emma Stone

Charlotte Arkwright

Young Phillida Stone