| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Hugh Grant | Alsemero | 1 |
| Hugh Grant | Richard Neville | 1 |
| Fiona Shaw | Hedda Gabler | 1 |
| Fiona Shaw | Richard II | 1 |
| John Hurt | The Father | 1 |
| David Bradley | Barnadine | 1 |
| Bill Nighy | Roger Maitland | 1 |
| Bill Nighy | Hugh Marriner | 1 |
| Jeremy Irons | Odon Von Horvath | 1 |
| Colin Firth | Freddie Page | 1 |
| Colin Firth | Charles Holroyd | 1 |
| Emily Watson | Rosalie | 1 |
| Elizabeth McGovern | Helen Schwartz | 1 |
| Elizabeth McGovern | Margaret Hyman | 1 |
| Elizabeth McGovern | Beatrice-Joanna | 1 |
| Jennifer Ehle | Phyllis Maitland | 1 |
| Kenneth Branagh | Donal Davoren | 1 |
| Pam Ferris | Mrs Bryant | 1 |
| Zoë Wanamaker | Mrs Holroyd | 1 |
| Brian Cox | The Director | 1 |
| Geraldine Somerville | Ann Welch | 1 |
| Geraldine Somerville | Miss Julie | 1 |
| Joan Cusack | Annie | 1 |
| Geraldine James | Kristine Linde | 1 |
| Jim Broadbent | Carmello | 1 |
| Imelda Staunton | Jenny Beales | 1 |
| John Malkovich | Deeley | 1 |
| Saskia Reeves | Irina Shestova | 1 |
| Leslie Phillips | Judge Michael Argyle | 1 |
| Leslie Phillips | Vermandero | 1 |
| Edward Fox | Major Luddington | 1 |
| Ray Winstone | Duncan | 1 |
| Ian Holm | Sir William Collyer | 1 |
| Ian Holm | Duff | 1 |
| Ian Holm | Lear | 1 |
| Ian Holm | Astrov | 1 |
| Christopher Eccleston | Frankie Bryant | 1 |
| Mandy Patinkin | Dr. Harry Hyman | 1 |
| Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Yelena | 1 |
| Judi Dench | Christine Foskett | 1 |
| Michael Gambon | Archie Rice | 1 |
| John Bird | John Reid | 1 |
| Corin Redgrave | Angelo | 1 |
| Patrick Malahide | Dr. Rank | 1 |
| Roger Frost | Bernie | 1 |
| Richard E. Grant | Nurse | 1 |
| Sean Pertwee | Tomazo | 1 |
| Ben Miles | Claudio | 1 |
| Stephen Dillane | Mr Blackmore | 1 |
| David Warner | Vanya | 1 |
| Anne Bancroft | Mrs. Fanning | 1 |
| Barbara Flynn | Goneril | 1 |
| Lesley Manville | Marlene | 1 |
| Stephen Rea | Ejlert Lovborg | 1 |
| Stephen Rea | Seamus Shields | 1 |
| James Frain | Macbeth | 1 |
| Tara Fitzgerald | Emily | 1 |
| Peter O'Brien | James Anderson | 1 |
| Timothy Spall | Jimmy Beales | 1 |
| Timothy Spall | Chico | 1 |
| Stephen Lang | 1 | |
| Charles Durning | Charles F. Money | 1 |
| Harriet Walter | Dorothy Maitland | 1 |
| Miranda Richardson | Anna | 1 |
| Samuel West | Jack Maitland | 1 |
| Sue Johnston | Mistress Overdone | 1 |
| Kate Nelligan | Kate | 1 |
| Sam Mendes | Self | 1 |
| Francesca Annis | Elizabeth Collier | 1 |
| Ben Chaplin | Cyril Carter | 1 |
| Juliet Stevenson | Nora Helmer | 1 |
| Tom Wilkinson | Duke Vincentio | 1 |
| Deborah Findlay | Isabella Bird | 1 |
| Adrian Lester | Bobby | 1 |
| Kathy Burke | Christine | 1 |
| Jonathan Firth | Prince Hal | 1 |
| Bob Hoskins | De Flores | 1 |
| Emma Fielding | Joan Clareville | 1 |
| Susan Brown | Bill | 1 |
| Susan Brown | Maria | 1 |
| Rebecca Front | Sarah | 1 |
| Simon Callow | John Mortimer | 1 |
| Charles Gray | Maurice Hussey | 1 |
| Susan Vidler | Lady Macbeth | 1 |
| Ronald Pickup | King Henry IV | 1 |
| Ronald Pickup | Siegfried Shrager | 1 |
| Susan Fleetwood | The Mother | 1 |
| Nathaniel Parker | Sam Mitchum | 1 |
| Alec Guinness | Heinrich Mann | 1 |
| Richard Bremmer | Henry Bolingbroke | 1 |
| Penelope Wilton | Beth | 1 |
| David Harewood | Macduff | 1 |
| Carsten Nørgaard | Young Man | 1 |
| Nigel Hawthorne | Brian Leary | 1 |
| Roger Hammond | Waffles | 1 |
| Beth Goddard | Waitress | 1 |
| Melanie Hill | Laura | 1 |
| David Bamber | Guy | 1 |
| Ian Bannen | Serebryakov | 1 |
| Lesley Sharp | Angie | 1 |
| Annette Crosbie | 1st Labour MP | 1 |
| Phil Daniels | John | 1 |
| Stephen Tompkinson | Philip Welch | 1 |
| Jane Horrocks | Beatie Bryant | 1 |
| Jane Horrocks | Doll Tearsheet | 1 |
| Jane Horrocks | Marta | 1 |
| Trevor Eve | Torvald Helmer | 1 |
| Eileen Atkins | Mrs Mailland | 1 |
| Maurice Denham | Don Francisco | 1 |
| John Neville | Sir David Browning | 1 |
| Bill Owen | Billy Rice | 1 |
| James Warrior | Workman | 1 |
| Amanda Redman | Regan | 1 |
| Liz Smith | Anyula | 1 |
| Brid Brennan | Thea Elvsted | 1 |
| Patrick Godfrey | 1st Conservative MP | 1 |
| Graham Crowden | John of Gaunt | 1 |
| Geoffrey Beevers | Arthur Power | 1 |
| Adie Allen | Pearl Bryant | 1 |
| Adie Allen | Diaphanta | 1 |
| John Sessions | Daniel | 1 |
| Anton Rodgers | David Scott-Fowler | 1 |
| Rachel Kempson | Mariya Vasilyevna | 1 |
| Sandra Voe | Nanny | 1 |
| Amanda Drew | Daisy | 1 |
| Kevin Allen | Felix Dennis | 1 |
| Ewan Hooper | Mr Bryant | 1 |
| Eileen Page | Mrs. Marriner | 1 |
| Bryan Pringle | Stan Mann | 1 |
| Moyra Fraser | Lettice Willis | 1 |
| Sarah Lam | Lady Nijo | 1 |
| Anna Patrick | Griselda | 1 |
| Paul Bhattacharjee | Dr. Bahru | 1 |
| Betty Marsden | R. B. Monody | 1 |
| John Quinn | Sailor | 1 |
| Cecily Hobbs | Pope Joan | 1 |
| Sylvia Barter | Julia Shillitoe | 1 |
| Maynard Eziashi | Jasperino | 1 |
| Les Dawson | Nona | 1 |
| Rebecca Pidgeon | Sonya | 1 |
| Paul Birchard | Kevin Sullivan | 1 |
| Peter Jeffrey | Lord Chief Justice | 1 |
| Paul Birchard | Butch | 1 |
| Ruth McCabe | Mrs Grigson | 1 |
| Robert Demeger | Abhorson | 1 |
| Phyllis Calvert | Woman | 1 |
| Georgina Hale | Moya Lexington | 1 |
| Georgina Hale | Leading actress | 1 |
| Michael Simkins | Cornwall | 1 |
| Michael Simkins | Paul | 1 |
| June Brown | Spinster | 1 |