The Missionary

Michael Palin

The Reverend Charles Fortescue

Maggie Smith

Lady Isabel Ames

Trevor Howard

Lord Henry Ames

Denholm Elliott

The Bishop of London

Graham Crowden

Fitzbanks

Phoebe Nicholls

Deborah Fitzbanks

Michael Hordern

Slatterthewaite/Narrator

David Suchet

Corbett

Timothy Spall

Parswell

Tricia George

Ada

Valerie Whittington

Emmeline

Roland Culver

Lord Fermleigh

Rosamund Greenwood

Lady Fermleigh

Janine Duvitski

Millicent

Tilly Vosburgh

Fermleigh's Maid

Hugh Walters

Fermleigh's Doctor

Derrick O'Connor

Gym Trainer

Neil Innes

Singer at Gin Palace

David Leland

Long Haired Man at Gin Palace

Sophie Thompson

Mission Girl