- Author:
- Tom Sharpe
- Dramatised by:
- Malcolm Bradbury
- Producer:
- Evgeny Gridneff
- Director:
- Roger Bamford
- Sir Giles:
- George Cole
- Lady Maud:
- Geraldine James
- Blott:
- David Suchet
- Mrs Forthby:
- Julia McKenzie
- Ganglion:
- Geoffrey Bayldon
- Lord Leakham:
- John Welsh
- Minister:
- Geoffrey Chater
- Hoskins:
- Paul Brooke
- Prime:
- John Grillo
- Densher:
- Jeremy Clyde
- General Burnett:
- Nicholas Selby
- Mr Bullett-Finch:
- Patrick Godfrey
- Mrs Bullett-Finch:
- Georgine Anderson
- First Miss Percival:
- Matyelok Gibbs
- Second Miss Percival:
- Sylvia Barter
- Col Chapman:
- John Rapley
- Sir Francis Puckerington:
- Esmond Knight
- TV reporter:
- Jolyon McDowell
- Waiter:
- Kevin Doyle
- Chef:
- Ken Parry
- Marjorie:
- Ursula Jones
