Alan Bennett

Denis Midgley

Thora Hird

Aunty Kitty

Helen Fraser

Joyce Midgley

Julie Walters

Valery

David Major

Colin Midgley

Elizabeth Spriggs

Alice Duckworth

Frank Crompton

Frank Midgley

Kirk Wild

Denis as a Boy

Alison Lloyd

Denis' Mother

Jeanne Doree

Joyce's Mother

Derek Fowlds

Hartley

Colin Douglas

Uncle Ernest

Joan Sanderson

Miss Tunstall

Jim Broadbent

Mr Horsfall

Aubrey Morris

Headmaster

Madge Hindle

Jean

Jeremy Mosby

Mark

Karen Tunstall

Elizabeth

Lucita Lijertwood

Mrs Azakwale

Shope Shodeinde

Black Doctor