Olivia Hallinan Actor Sarah Lancashire Actor Julia Sawalha Actor Fergus Drysdale Actor Martha Murdoch Actor Claudie Blakley Actor Mark Heap Actor Thomas Rhys Jones Actor Brendan Coyle Actor John Dagleish Actor Karl Johnson Actor Linda Bassett Actor Matilda Ziegler Actor Sophie Miles Actor Hope Yeomans Actor Victoria Hamilton Actor Stephen Marcus Actor Sandy McDade Actor Liz Smith Actor Dawn French Actor John Greening Director Charles Palmer Director Flora Thompson Writer Bill Gallagher Writer, Executive Producer Carolyn Bonnyman Writer Gaby Chiappe Writer Susan Hogg Executive Producer