Riven

Richard Albrecht

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Alfred Wainwright

as Self (archive footage)

Nik Wood-Jones

as Alfred Wainwright (as Nik Wood Jones)

Jenny Hull

as Betty Wainwright

Jack Shalloo

as Young Wainwright

Sarah Marsland

as Little Girl

John Morgan

as Book Publisher

Linda McCormack

as Ruth (voice)

Sue Lawley

as Self - Presenter, 'Desert Island Discs', 1988-2006

Hunter Davies

as Self - Wainwright's Biographer

Eric Robson

as Self - Broadcaster and Writer

Betty Wainwright

as Self - Wainwright's Widow

Jane King

as Self - Wainwright's Stepdaughter

Mary Burkett

as Self - Wainwright's Friend (as Mary Burkett OBE)

Molly Lefebure

as Self - Novellist and Wainwright's Friend

John Estensen

as Self - Former Manager, Animal Rescue, Cumbria

Josh Halil

Director