Starring
Dame Judi Dench as Miss Matty Jenkyns
Notes on a Scandal, Casino Royale, Shakespeare in Love

Michael Gambon as Mr Holbrook
Gosford Park, Harry Potter…, Wives and Daughters

Francesca Annis as Lady Ludlow
Jane Eyre, Revolver, Wives and Daughters

Eileen Atkins as Miss Deborah Jenkyns
Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Gosford Park, The Dresser

Philip Glenister as Mr Carter
Life on Mars, Byron, State of Play

Alex Jennings as Rev Hutton
The Queen, The State Within, Babel

Dean Lennox Kelly as Job Gregson
Sorted, Shameless

Lesley Manville as Mrs Rose
Sparkle, Vera Drake, North and South

Julia McKenzie as Mrs Forrester
Notes on a Scandal, Bright Young Things, Celebration

Imelda Staunton as Miss Pole
Vera Drake, Harry Potter…, Fingersmith

Julia Sawalha as Jessie Brown
Absolutely Fabulous, Jonathan Creek

Greg Wise as Sir Charles Maulver
Madame Bovary, Sense and Sensibility

Simon Woods as Frank Harrison
Rome, Starter for Ten, Cambridge Spies


Created by
Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin Wives and Daughters, Armadillo, Pride and Prejudice


Written by
Heidi Thomas
I Capture the Castle, Madame Bovary, Lilies


Executive Producer
Kate Harwood
True Dare Kiss, Charles II, Daniel Deronda