Olivia Hallinan Actor Julia Sawalha Actor Brendan Coyle Actor Claudie Blakley Actor Dawn French Actor John Dagleish Actor Linda Bassett Actor Karl Johnson Actor Gerard Horan Actor Sarah Lancashire Actor Fergus Drysdale Actor Mark Heap Actor Thomas Rhys Jones Actor Sheridan Smith Guest Star Robert Pugh Guest Star Matilda Ziegler Actor Sophie Miles Actor Hope Yeomans Actor Victoria Hamilton Actor John Greening Director Alan Grint Director Flora Thompson Writer Bill Gallagher Writer, Executive Producer Susan Hogg Executive Producer