The Story of English (1986) | Full Cast

Vivian Ducat

DIRECTOR

William Cran

DIRECTOR

Howard Reid

DIRECTOR

John Pett

DIRECTOR

Peter Dale

DIRECTOR

David South

DIRECTOR

Robert MacNeil

Self - Presenter

J.L. Dillard

Self - Creole Linguist

Alistair Cooke

Self - Writer and Broadcaster

Siaka Stevens

Self - President, Sierra Leone

Michael Hordern

Bible Readings

Stanley Robertson

Self - Scottish Storyteller

Chris Rose

Self - Agriculturist, Papua New Guinea

George Bonner

Self - Market Stall Holder

Christopher Page

Self - Old English Reader

John Henry

Self - Irish Seanchaí (Storyteller)

Benjamin Bligen

Self - Speaker of Gullah English

Randolph Quirk

Self - President, British Academy

Penny Downie

Self - Self

Jack Chambers

Self - Linguist

Seamus Heaney

Self - Poet

Robert Burchfield

Self - Editor, Oxford English Dictionary

The Medieval Players

Self - Actors in 'Mankind'

Bob Barltrop

Self - Local Historian and Author of 'The Muvver Tongue'

Willie Ross

Self - Burns Society

Janie Hunter

Self - Speaker of Gullah English

Richard Bebb

Self - Chaucer Reader

Braj Kachru

Self - University of Illinois

Jim Wolveridge

Self - East End Bookseller and Author of 'The Muvver Tongue'

Pat Linney

English Poet

Gerald Maitland-Carew

Self - Thirlestane Castle

Clifford Paul

Self - Traffic Supervisor, St Lawrence Seaway

Mary Tamm

Self - Chaucer Reader

John Barton

Self - Royal Shakespeare Director

Martha DeWeese

Self - Middleton Plantation

P. Lal

Self - Writers' Workshop, Calcutta

Ron Carroll

Self - Lock-Master, St Lawrence Seaway

John Wells

Self - Phonetician and Linguist

Eldred Jones

Self - Compiler of Krio-English Dictionary

Fraser Aitken

Self - Minister of Scottish Kirk, Girvan

Sean Dufrayner

English Linguist

John Bernard

Self - Australian Linguist

Henry Neilson

Self - Gold Prospector

Mary Sheppard

Self - Middleton Plantation

Frank White

Self - Horse Trainer, Ballymena

Tommy Hosford

Self - Master Brewer, Murphy's Brewer

Martin Sivener

Self - Friesian Speaker

Michael Garfield

Self - Sugar Cane Cutter

Dave Elliot

Self - Gold Prospector

George Hawker

Self - Bungaree Sheep Station Farmer

Winston Daniel

Self - Sugar Cane Cutter

Stanley Ellis

Self - Linguist

Rory O'Connor

Self - Murphy's Brewery

Jean la Rue

Self - Breton Speaker

Richard Stoney

Self - Estate Owner

Sammy White

Self - Horse Trainer, Ballymena

Peter Hall

Self - Director of National Theatre

William Safire

Self - New York Times

Albert Murray

Self - Jazz Historian

Henry Conyngham

Self - Lord Henry, Earl of Mount Charles

Eddie Edghill

Self - Sugar Plantation Owner

Ronnie Davies

Self - Welsh Speaker

Alec Miller

Self - Farmer, Ballymena

Joan Hawker

Self - Bungaree Sheep Station Farmer

George Shauss

Self - Cowboy

Moon Unit Zappa

Self

Jim Baker

Self - Plimoth Plantation Museum

Rob Brown

Self - Yacht Skipper

Horace Williams

Self - Shoeshine Man

Eluned Phillips

Self - Writer and Twice Winner of National Eisteddfod of Wales

John Braidwood

Self - Dictionary of Ulster English

Mervyn Morris

Self - Creole Linguist

Jean Bell

Self - Cowboy

Garry Hynes

Self - Director, 'The Playboy of the Western World'

Barry Humphries

Dame Edna Everage

Tom Ammiano

Self - Gay Stand-Up Comedian

Len Travers

Self - Plimoth Plantation Museum

Edwin George

Self - West Country Forest Ranger

David Norris

Self - Joyce Scholar, Trinity College, Dublin

Hubert Devonish

Self - Creole Linguist

Manny Octaviano

Self - Italian American

John Fott

Self - University of Pennsylvania

Gloria Steinem

Self - Editor, Ms Magazine

Leo Rosten

Self - Writer and Yiddish Historian

Wilson Goode

Self - Mayor of Philadelphia

Edward Brathwaite

Self - Jamaican Poet

Willard Watson

Self - Appalachian Farmer and Maker of Moonshine

Alan Morris

Self - Mojo Advertising Agency

Irwin Bielby

Self - Yorkshire Dialect Speaker

Clifford Arbon

Self - East Anglian Dialect Speaker

Seamus Deane

Self - Writer

Tom Shippey

Self - Scholar of Middle and Old English Literature

Manny Lenkovsky

Self - Jewish New York Furrier

Harry Marks

Self - Graphic Designer

Peter Martin

Self - Sergeant, New York Police

Desmond Johnson

Self - Dub Poet

Reg Sillock

Self - East Anglian Dialect Speaker

Cratis Williams

Self - Appalachian Historian

Constance Clayton

Self - Philadelphia Board of Education

Kathy Lette

Self - Author

Carl Rosendahl

Self - Computer Animator

Paddy Molloy

Self - IRA Republican Activist

Arthur Spiers

Self - Linguist

Michael Clanchy

Self - Scholar of Old English

Mohammed Ajeeb

Self - Mayor of Bradford

Ray Hicks

Self - Appalachian Farmer

Kuan Yew Lee

Self - Prime Minister, Singapore

Graham Williams

Self - Hand-Printer

Ananda Lal

Self - Teacher of Indian English

Rosie Hicks

Self - Appalachian Farmer

B.K. Yap

Self - Shipyard Manager

Wayne Moroni

Self - Truck Driver

Riva Moroni

Self - Truck Driver

Lee Sow Ling

Self - English Language Consultant, The Straits Times

John MacDonald

Self - Scots Gaelic Speaker, Barra

Kate Flower

Self - Presenter, 'Follow Me'

H.C. Narang

Self - Nehru University, Delhi

Colin MacInnes

Self - Priest and Scots Gaelic Speaker, Barra

John Northcote

Self - Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment

Calum Keane

Self - Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment