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 Martha Murdoch Actor Mark Heap Actor Thomas Rhys Jones Actor Oliver Dimsdale Guest Star Matilda Ziegler Actor Sophie Miles Actor Hope Yeomans Actor Victoria Hamilton Actor Sandy McDade Actor Ruby Bentall Actor Harry Miles Actor John Greening Director Maurice Phillips Director Flora Thompson Writer Carolyn Bonnyman Writer Bill Gallagher Executive Producer Susan Hogg Executive Producer