Bookmark (1983) | Full Cast

Patchy Wheatley

DIRECTOR

Donald Sturrock

DIRECTOR

Roly Keating

DIRECTOR

Jill Evans

DIRECTOR

Paul Lee

DIRECTOR

Pawel Pawlikowski

DIRECTOR

James Runcie

DIRECTOR

Alan Lewens

DIRECTOR

Sharon Maguire

DIRECTOR

Richard Spence

DIRECTOR

Ardan Fisher

DIRECTOR

Bob Portway

DIRECTOR

Seán O'Mórdha

DIRECTOR

Kevin Hull

DIRECTOR

Daisy Goodwin

DIRECTOR

Michael Dibb

DIRECTOR

Kate Meynell

DIRECTOR

Julian Henriques

DIRECTOR

Donald McWhinnie

DIRECTOR

Nadia Haggar

DIRECTOR

Julian Birkett

DIRECTOR

John Bush

DIRECTOR

Christina Wilcox

DIRECTOR

Imogen Sutton

DIRECTOR

Jack Gold

DIRECTOR

Adam Ustynowicz

DIRECTOR

Andrzej Fidyk

DIRECTOR

Ken Howard

DIRECTOR

H.O. Nazareth

DIRECTOR

John Purdie

DIRECTOR

Randall Wright

DIRECTOR

Francis Hanly

DIRECTOR

Jirí Menzel

DIRECTOR

Tristram Powell

DIRECTOR

Christopher Swayne

DIRECTOR

Anand Tucker

DIRECTOR

Chris Hunt

DIRECTOR

Christopher Petit

DIRECTOR

John Mair

DIRECTOR

Agnieszka Piotrowska

DIRECTOR

Basil Comely

DIRECTOR

Ian MacMillan

DIRECTOR

James Kent

DIRECTOR

Sarah Aspinall

DIRECTOR

Vanessa Engle

DIRECTOR

Tim Niel

DIRECTOR

Rosie Alison

DIRECTOR

Ian Hamilton

Self - Presenter

Simon Winchester

Self - Presenter

A.N. Wilson

Self

Fay Weldon

Self

Seamus Heaney

Self

Ronald Pickup

Narrator

Anthony Hopkins

Gwyn Thomas

Brian Cox

Self - Narrator

A.S. Byatt

Self

Anna Massey

Imogen Smallwood

Lyndall Gordon

Self - Charlotte Bronte Biographer

Jilly Cooper

Jilly Cooper

Malcolm Bradbury

Self

Salman Rushdie

Self

Graham Swift

Self

Martin Amis

Self

William Boyd

Self

Caryl Phillips

Self

Christopher Bigsby

Self - Reporter

Victoria Glendinning

Self - Biographer of Trollope

David Lodge

Self

Roald Dahl

Self

Carlos Fuentes

Self

James Clavell

Self

Margaret Forster

Self

Al Alvarez

Self

Peter Reading

Self

P.D. James

Self

Ian McEwan

Self

Howard Jacobson

Self

Kingsley Amis

Self

Margaret Drabble

Self

Andrew Motion

Self

David Troughton

Self - Narrator

John Tusa

Self - Reporter

Lee Montague

Self - Reader

Stanislaw Lem

Self

Nigel Williams

Self - Presenter

Patricia Routledge

Barbara Pym

Maureen Lipman

Enid Blyton

Anne Rice

Self

Benjamin Woolley

Self - Narrator

Roddy Maude-Roxby

Reader

Wilbert Awdry

Self

Audrey Hall

Self - Presenter

Tony Blackburn

Narrator

Andrew O'Hagan

Self - Presenter

Selina Scott

Self - Presenter

Sara Kestelman

Self - Reader

Marcia Warren

Dora Caldicote

Sue Roderick

Lyn Thomas

Kenan Çelik

The Boy

Aldous Huxley

Self

Jayne Ashbourne

Charlotte Bronte

Jim Moffatt

Richard Allen

Peter Capaldi

James Boswell

John Bott

Bishop Grote

Alana Ryan Behan

Child Enid

Robert Pugh

Gwyn's father

Lale Mansur

The Mother

John Carey

Self

Juliet Barker

Self - Author of The Brontes

Ross Kemp

Reader

Susan Wooldridge

Belinda

Ian MacKenzie

Thomas

Brendan O'Hea

Gwyn (aged 18)

Erdinç Akbas

The Father

Sybille Bedford

Self

Brian Sibley

Self - Wilbert Awdry's Biographer

Ian McNeice

Vicar of Finstock

Virginia Grainger

Theresa

Berhan Simsek

The Uncle

Gavin Ashcroft

Gwyn (aged 13)

David Bradshaw

Self

Susan Foister

Self - Curator, The National Gallery

Ann Penfold

Allegra Gray

Luke Waterfield

Hanly

Bernard Lloyd

Walt Thomas Sr.

Tomris Incer

The Grandmother

Steve Jones

Self

Philippe Garner

Self - Photographic Images Director

Mary Wimbush

Mrs Bone

Benjamin Guy

Wishing Chair Peter

Richard Lynch

Walt Thomas Jr.

Hikmet Karagöz

The Schoolteacher

Stephen Spender

Self

Rosemary Debnam

Self - Editor 'The Railway Series'

Dyddgu Pritchard-Owens

Self - Bronte Society Member

Ann Windsor

Miss Lathbury

Emily Riley

Wishing Chair Mollie

Abigail Hopkins

Nana Thomas

Mine Çayiroglu

The Bride

Yehudi Menuhin

Self

Pearl Cragg

Self - Bronte Society Member

Hellena Taylor

Teen Enid

Hugh Dickson

Dr Simpson

John Grillo

Dr. Bronowski

Can Kolukisa

The Letter-Writer

Matthew Huxley

Self

Helen MacEwan

Self - Bronte Society Member

Avril Elgar

Lady on bus

Anthony Hamblin

Young Brian Thompson

Osman Görgen

The Tailor

John Edmunds

Chairman of Brains Trust

Richard Linnett

Self

Colin Harding

Self, Curator, The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television

Norman Bird

Man on bus

Viveka Dagnell

George

Alan David

Headmaster

Huston Smith

Self

Michael Rosen

Self - Children's Writer

Trevor Willetts

Self - Bronte Society Member

Malcolm Rennie

Hugh Pollock

David King

Larkin readings

Ann Beach

Headmaster's wife

Laura Archera Huxley

Self

Victoria Button

Self - Picture Restorer

George Hauton

Self - Bronte Society Member

Hilary Sesta

Teacher

Sion Probert

Mr. Metcalfe

Keith Hooley

Self - Bronte Society Member

Liz Turner

Self - Reed Children's Books

Christopher Owen

Consultant

Henry Harvey

Henry Harvey

Victoria Plucknett

Mrs. Metcalfe

Ingrid Selberg

Self - Managing Director Reed Children's Books

Alexandra Lesley

Self - Bronte Society Member

Danny Webb

Dick Hughes

Hazel Holt

Hazel Holt

Robert Hands

Baker

Robert Barnard

Self - Vice Chairman, Bronte Society

Clare Clifford

Dorothy Richards

Penelope Lively

Penelope Lively

James Arlon

Clarke

Tadaaki Okada

Self - Sony Creative Products Inc

Dudley Green

Self - Chairman, Bronte Society

Valentine Pelka

Stranger

Tom Maschler

Tom Maschler

Benjamin Whitrow

Principal

Michael Harrow

Self - Forensic Imagery Analyst

Mikiko Adachi

Self - Fuji Television Network Inc

Hilary Pym

Hilary Pym

Jack Hodd

Peter

Rowena Cooper

Mrs. Morris

Lynn Scott

Self - Toy Shop Owner

Nick Bayly

Reporter

Geoffrey Hutchings

Walford

Len Rhys

Self - Retired Steam Engine Driver

Peter Clay

Kenneth Darrell Waters

Will Wyatt

Will Wyatt

Ian McDiarmid

George Devine

Dave Atkins

Lorry Driver

Brian Glover

Self - Guest

J.M. Coetzee

Self - Winner

Gordon Thomas

Self

Max Morgan Witts

Self

Bernard Levin

Self - Guest

Shirley Conran

Self - Guest

Anthony Holden

Self - Reporter

Michael Delahaye

Self - Interviewer

John Fuller

Self - Nominee

Patchy Wheatley

Self

Andrew Boyle

Self

Mel Smith

John Self

James Baldwin

Self

Germaine Greer

Self

William Golding

Self

Maeve Binchy

Self

Roger McGough

Self

Peter Ackroyd

Self

V.S. Naipaul

Self

Bill Buford

Self

James Fenton

Self

Janet Morgan

Self

Peter Levi

Self

Peter Porter

Self

Bryan Appleyard

Self - Contributor

Craig Raine

Self

Maggie Gee

Self

Helen Gardner

Self

Ring Lardner Jr.

Self

Mario Vargas Llosa

Self

Italo Calvino

Self

Primo Levi

Self

Simon Gray

Self

Claire Tomalin

Self - Reporter

Rosamond Lehmann

Self

Janni Howker

Self

V.S. Pritchett

Self

Nancy Milford

Self

Alison Lurie

Self

Morley Callaghan

Self

Malcolm Cowley

Self

Jo Manton

Self

Stratis Haviaras

Self

Shirley Hughes

Self

Matthew Bruccoli

Self

Clive Sinclair

Self - Novelist

Susan Cheever

Self

Robert Gittings

Self

Shiva Naipaul

Self - Interviewer

John Osborne

Self

Tony Doyle

ACTOR

James Greene

ACTOR

Pauline Delaney

ACTOR

Ruth Rendell

Self

Colin Wilson

Self

Edmund White

Self

H.R.F. Keating

Self

William Trevor

Self

Joseph Brodsky

Self

Josef Skvorecký

Self

Ted Allbeury

Self

Angus Wilson

Self

John Wain

Self

Timothy Mo

Self

Robert Burchfield

Self

Simon Burt

Self

Jonathan Raban

Self

George Lamming

Self

Malcolm Storry

Actor

Spalding Gray

Self

Kazuo Ishiguro

Self

Clifford Rose

Actor

David Hugh Jones

Self

Gyearbuor Asante

Actor

Heather Tobias

Actress

Oleg Efremov

Self

Jennifer Johnston

Self

Adrian Mitchell

Self

Michel Tournier

Self

Pat Barker

Self

Lucy Irvine

Self

Robert McCrum

Self

Tom Paulin

Self

Alice Thomas Ellis

Self

Jane Gardam

Self

Harry Greene

Self

Peter Taylor

Self

Pat Rogers

Self

Don Mattera

Self

Nuruddin Farah

Self

Richard Griffiths

Self

Robert Towne

Self

Richard Lester

Self

Paul Shelley

Self

Pat O'Connor

Self

Richard Eyre

Self

Peter Shaffer

Self

Julius J. Epstein

Self

John Wells

Self

Philip Dunne

Self

Frederic Raphael

Self

Peter Nichols

Self

Peter Carey

Self

Bruce Chatwin

Self

Tadeusz Konwicki

Self

Jeanette Winterson

Self

Farrukh Dhondy

Self

Penelope Fitzgerald

Self

Monica Dickens

Self

Octavio Paz

Self

Robert Coover

Self

Robert Lawrence

Self

Dan Jacobson

Self

Michèle Roberts

Self

Marilyn Butler

Self

Jack Davis

Self

Jane Lapotaire

Reader

Václav Havel

Self

Iris Murdoch

Self

Kate Millett

Self

Tom Sharpe

Self

Vladimir Voinovich

Self

Eva Figes

Self

Frances Donaldson

Self

Conor Cruise O'Brien

Self

Francis Stuart

Self

Giannis Ritsos

Self

Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir

Self

Ann Oakley

Self

Marge Piercy

Self

Norman Murphy

Self

Edward Cazalet

Self

Helene de Beauvoir

Self

Barrie Pitt

Self

Denis Donoghue

Self

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Self - 1978 Nobel Prize for Literature

Mary Wesley

Self

Michael Hofmann

Self

Bel Kaufman

Self

David Roskies

Self - Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Yonia Fain

Self

Gert Hofmann

Self

Josef Herman

Self - Artist

Majer Bogdanski

Self - Tailor

Aaron Lansky

Self - National Yiddish Book Center

Venedikt Yerofeyev

Self

Moishe Steingart

Self

Itche Goldberg

Self

Dovid Katz

Self - Oxford University

Bella Gottesman

Self

Carl Cowl

Self - Yiddishist

Menke Katz

Self - Poet

Stephen Fry

Self - Readings

Andrew Davies

Self

J.G. Ballard

Self

Jonathan Miller

Self

Patrick McGrath

Self

Jack Williams

Self

Beryl Bainbridge

Self

Evelyn Glennie

Self

Jonathan Powell

Self

Dorota Kwiatkowska

Self

Rose Tremain

Self

Jack Ashley

Self

John Heath-Stubbs

Self

Garret Fitzgerald

Self

Paul Bailey

Self

Bentley Bridgewater

Self

Jeanne Davies

Self

David Wright

Self

John Cook

Self

Dimitri Dostoevsky

Self

Tony Garrett

Self

Don Warrington

Macbeth

Lynn Farleigh

Lady Macbeth

John Mortimer

Self

Melvyn Bragg

Self

Philip Bowen

Duncan

Francis Wright

ACTOR

Ade Sapara

Self

Guy Edwards

Child

Henry Feagins

Child

Radovan Karadzic

Self

David Oliver

Child

Adam Dean

Child

Carlton Chance

Banquo

Rebecca Varney

Child

Kelly James

Child

James Moreno

Child

Jack Mapanje

Self

Eva Freeman

Child

Katy Feeney

ACTOR

Rachel Simm

Child

Georgina Gavriel

Child

Ansell Broderick

Macduff

Aisling Magill

Child

Seema Nathoo

Child

George Greenfield

Self

Zara Warshal

Child

Ben Jefferies

Child

Barbara Stoney

Self

Shahin Charania

Child

Lucy Feagins

Child

Joseph Sphinx

Child

Frank Gonzalez-Crussi

Self

Jahzel Bonaparte

Child

Jamie Neill

Child

Stacy Wannell

Child

Amy Vaughan-Teague

Child

Nathan Allen

Child

Sheila Ray

Self - Librarian

Fabian McDougall

Child

Barry Byrne

Child

Conrad Ryan

Child

Emma Fieldes

Child

Anna Gavriel

Child

Winston Eade

Child

Ben Farrer

Child

Gillian Baverstock

Self

Michlyn Reyes

Child

Eliza Grainger

Child

Camilla Cope

Child

Harriet Walter

Olive

Jim Carter

Detective

Bernard Hepton

Philip Larkin

Paul Scofield

Self - Narrator

Nicholas Le Prevost

William

Renée Asherson

Miss Agnew

Susan Fleetwood

Harriet

Jirí Menzel

Self

John Major

Self

Brian Moore

Self

Bohumil Hrabal

Self

Simon Armitage

Self

David Grossman

Self

Joanna Trollope

Self

Julian Symons

Self

Yasar Kemal

Self

Shena Mackay

Self

Robin Leigh Pemberton

Self

Christopher Petit

Self - Reporter

Roman Polanski

Self

John Gielgud

Self

Andrée Bernard

Sylvia Plath

Ted Field

Self

Britt Allcroft

Self

Rumer Godden

Self

Erica Jong

Self

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Self

David Mitton

Self

William Styron

Self

Richard Van Allan

Self

Ian Gibson

Self - Writer

Ian Judge

Self

Christopher Awdry

Self

Kiki von Fraunhofer-Kosinski

Self

David Weir

Self

Ben Okri

Self - Poet & Novelist

Anthony Legge

Self

Dora Militaru

Self

Soledad Puértolas

Self - Novelist

John Welch

Self - Sales Rep 'The Railway Series' 1949-56

Hilary Fortnam

Self

Robert Mann

Self - Marketing Director of Ertl Europe Ltd

Eric Marriott

Self - Editor 'The Railway Series' 1947-72

Peter Edwards

Self - Illustrator of 'The Railway Series'; 1963-72

Rosario Trujillo

Self

Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda

Self

Eulalio Ferrer

Self - Quixote Museum Guanajuato

Patsy Kensit

Actress

Philip Haas

Self

Bill Cunningham

Self

Dotun Adebayo

Publisher

Robert Kee

Host Paperbacks

Peter Cave

Self

Jimmy Barrett

Self

Georges Belmont

Self

Barry Pateman

Self

John Calder

Self

Frank Mitchell

Self

Maz Harris

Biker

Deirdre Hamilton

Self

Derry Moffatt

Self

Barbara Windle

Head Mistress

David Royle

Self

Chris O'Toole

Self

Fran Ashcroft

Dr. Psychology

Steve Jones

Biology

Dominique Marcas

Christiane Faure

Pierre Tabard

Self

Jean Camus

Self

Catherine Sellers

Self

Catherine Camus

Self

Patricia Blake

Self

Olivier Todd

Self

Francis Jeanson

Self

Blanche Balain

Self

Nacera Marchese

ACTOR

Farid Bendoumi

ACTOR

Robert Gallimard

Self

Rose Yolande Fernandez

ACTOR

Christiane Faure

Self

Mi

Self (under pseudonym)

Frederic Le Du

ACTOR

Ahmed Bouallagui

ACTOR

Roger Quilliot

Self

Carl-Gustav Bjurgstrom

Self

Julian Glover

Narrator

Simon Russell Beale

Readings

Quentin Crisp

Self

Ranulph Fiennes

Self - Explorer

Saul Bellow

Self - Interviewee

Louis de Bernières

Self

Michael Holroyd

Self - Biographer of George Bernard Shaw

Neal Ascherson

Self

Maurice Temple-Smith

Self - Mervyn Peake's Publisher

Liz Jensen

Self - Novelist

Morris Kestelman

Self - Central School of Art, 1936-1971

Roy Porter

Self

Margaret McCall

Self

David Daiches

Self

Karl Miller

Self

Fabian Peake

Self - Mervyn Peake's Son

George Guille

Self - Sarkese

Tony Bridge

Self - Friend and Former Artist

Clare Penate

Self - Mervyn Peake's Daughter

Edith Guille

Self - Sarkese

Sebastian Peake

Self - Mervyn Peake's Son

John Batchelor

Self - Mervyn Peake's Biographer

Andrew Noble

Self

Pat Toplis

Self - Sarkese

Tom Pocock

Self - Journalist

Iain Brown

Self - National Library of Scotland

Geraldine McEwan

Readings

Katarzyna Piotrowska-Ornatkiewicz

Mary, the Maid (uncredited)

Michael Angelis

UK Thomas Narrator (uncredited)