Judi Dench

as Miss Matty Jenkyns

Lisa Dillon

as Mary Smith

Imelda Staunton

as Miss Pole

Jim Carter

as Captain Brown

Alex Jennings

as Rev. Hutton

Deborah Findlay

as Miss Augusta Tomkinson

Julia McKenzie

as Mrs Forrester

Emma Fielding

as Miss Galindo

Barbara Flynn

as Mrs Jamieson

Andrew Buchan

as Jem Hearne