Guest Stars Miranda Richardson as Mrs. Wannop Rupert Everett as Mark Tietjens Roger Allam as General Campion Sasha Waddell as Glorvina Tom Mison as Potty Perowne Stephen Graham as Vincent MacMaster Janet McTeer as Mrs. Satterthwaite Anne-Marie Duff as Edith Duchemin Clare Higgins as Lady Claudine Malcolm Sinclair as Sandbach Rufus Sewell as Reverend Duchemin Ned Dennehy as Father Consett Freddie Fox as Edward Wannop Sylvestra Le Touzel as Marchant Anna Skellern as Bobbie Pelham Candida Benson as Effie Lucinda Raikes as Hullo Central - Evie Alan Howard as Tietjens Senior Denis Lawson as Sir Reginald Sebastian Armesto as Ruggles Jamie Parker as Brownlie Tim McMullan as Stephen Waterhouse Siobhan Hewlett as Michaelangelo Woman Christopher Bowen as Reverend - Effie's Husband Misha Handley as Michael - 4 year old Jurgen Delnaet as Critic at Macmaster's Flat Geoffrey Palmer as Bishop Timothy Carlton as Duke of Westershire Letty Butler as Mary Richardson Gilly Gilchrist as Hotel Customer Michael Fitzgerald as Comissionnaire Richard Freeman as Chaplain Kathryn Howden as Hotel Wife