Penelope Keith Audrey Actor Peter Bowles DeVere Actor Angela Thorne Marjory Actor Michael Bilton Ned Actor John Rudling Barbinger Actor Jayne Lester Linda Actor Gerald Sim The Rector Actor Jonathan Elsom JJ Anderson Actor Vincent Brimble Arthur Actor Daphne Oxenford Mrs Patterson Actor Bob Roberts Blain Fairman Actor John Gleeson Purvis Actor Michael Ripper Trotter Actor Daphne Heard Mrs Polouvicka Actor Anthony Sharp Brigadier Lemington Actor Dennis Ramsden Arnold Plunkett Actor Celia Imrie Polly Actor Joyce Windsor Mrs Plunkett Actor Paul Barber Mackenzie McLeod Actor Nicholas McArdle Miller Actor Gareth Gwenlan Director, Producer Ian Rawnsley Director Peter Spence Writer