Julien Temple Director Linus Roache Samuel Coleridge Actor John Hannah William Wordsworth Actor Samantha Morton Sara Coleridge Actor Emily Woof Dorothy Wordsworth Actor Emma Fielding Mary Wordsworth Actor Andy Serkis John Thelwall Actor Samuel West Robert Southey Actor Michael Harbour Walsh Actor William Scott-Masson Tom Poole Actor Clive Merrison Dr. Gillman Actor Dexter Fletcher Humphry Davy Actor Guy Lankester Lord Byron Actor Frank Cottrell Boyce Writer Nick O'Hagan Producer Tracey Scoffield Executive Producer Mike Phillips Executive Producer David M. Thompson Executive Producer