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Dame Judi Dench (Iris Murdoch), Jim Broadbent (John Bayley), Kate Winslet (Iris (jung)), Hugh Bonneville (John (jung)), Penelope Wilton (Janet Stone), Samuel West (Maurice (jung)), Timothy West (Maurice), Eleanor Bron (Schuldirektorin), Angela Morant (Gastgeberin), Siobhan Hayes (Kassiererin), Juliet Aubrey (Janet Stone (jung)), Joan Bakewell (BBC-Präsentatorin), Nancy Carroll (BBC-PA), Kris Marshall (Dr. Gudgeon), Tom Mannion (Neurologe), Derek Hutchinson (Postbote), Saira Todd (Phillida Stone), Juliet Howland (Emma Stone), Charlotte Arkwright (Phillida Stone (jung)), Harriet Arkwright (Emma Stone (jung)), Matilda Allsopp (kleine Stone), Steve Edis (Pianist), Emma Handy (Polizistin), Stephen Marcus (Taxifahrer), Pauline McGlynn (Maureen), Gabrielle Reidy (Tricia)