Thomas Brodie-Sangster

as Henry

Strapper

as Jim

George Cole

as Stationmaster Pope

Charlie Creed-Miles

as Bob Gregson

Martin Savage

as Stanley

John Thomson

as Harold

Harry Peacock

as George

Laura Fraser

as Harriet Collins

Celia Imrie

as Miss Frazier

Frank Finlay

as Riorden Snr

David Haig

as Riorden Jnr

David Bradley

as Elliot

Nadia Sawalha

as Rosa

Stanley Townsend

as Matapan

Prunella Scales

as Queen Victoria

Timothy West

as Sir Christopher Ellis

Graham Seed

as Queen Victoria's Secretary

Vicki Pepperdine

as Nurse