The Hour (2011)

Andrew Scott is an Irish actor best known for his roles as Tommy McGann in the 2003 feature film Dead Bodies, Paul McCartney in the BBC television drama Lennon Naked and arch-villain Jim Moriarty in Sherlock, for which he was awarded the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2012

Julian Rhind-Tutt is an English actor best known for his role as Dr

Romola Garai is an English actress best known for her roles as Kate Nickleby in the 2002 feature film Nicholas Nickleby and as the title character in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma, in 2009

Anton Lesser is a British actor best known to television audiences for his roles in such series as Vanity Fair, Little Dorrit, Primeval and The Hour

John Bowe is an English actor best known for his role as George Marlow in the crime drama television series Prime Suspect, in 1991

Ben Whishaw is an English actor best known for his breakthrough stage role as Hamlet, as well as his roles in the television series Criminal Justice and The Hour and film roles including Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, I'm Not There, Brideshead Revisited, and Cloud Atlas

Jason Watkins is an English actor best known for his recurring role as a socially powerful vampire in the supernatural television series Being Human, from 2009-2011

Dominic West is a British actor best known for playing Jimmy McNulty on the American television police drama The Wire (2002-2008), as well as for his role as guitarist Kirk Cuddy in the 2001 film Rock Star

Joshua McGuire is an English actor best known for his starring role as news assistant Isaac Wengrow in the period drama television series The Hour, from 2011-2012

Jessica Hynes is an English actress and writer best known as one of the creators, writers and stars of the British sitcom Spaced; and for her roles in According to Bex (2005) and The Royle Family, from 1998-2009

Juliet Stevenson is an English actress best known for her roles in the films Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991); The Secret Rapture (1993); Emma (1996); Bend It Like Beckham (2002); and Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

Anna Chancellor is an English actress best known for her roles as Duckface in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), as Caroline Bingley in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and as Questular Rontok in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in 2005

Tim Pigott-Smith is an English actor, voice artist, director and author who has had significant roles in a number of television series including Doctor Who (1971-1976), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), The Chief (1990-1993), The Vice (2001-2003), North & South (2004) and The Hour, in 2011

Oona Chaplin is a Spanish-born British actress best known for her television roles as Marnie Madden in The Hour (2011-2012) and as Talisa Stark (née Maegyr) in Game of Thrones, from 2012-2013.

Vanessa Kirby is an English actress best known for her starring television roles as Ruth Elms in The Hour and as Estella in Great Expectations, both in 2011

Lisa Greenwood is a British actress best known for her starring role as office assistant Sissy Cooper in the perdio drama television series The Hour, from 2011-2012

Burn Gorman is an American-born British actor and musician best known for his role as Owen Harper in the sci-fi television series Torchwood, from 2006-2008

Hetty Baynes is an English actress who has appeared in numerous television series including Z Cars, Rumpole of the Bailey, Red Dwarf, Jonathan Creek, My Family, Doctors and The Hour

Ken Bones is a British actor who has appeared in numerous television series including Dangerfield, Spooks, Doctors, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, The Hour and Upstairs Downstairs

Tom Burke is an English actor best known for his television roles as the older version of Giacomo Casanova's son Giac in the 2005 TV adaption of Casanova, and as ITV rival journalist Bill Kendal in the second season of The Hour, in 2012

Lizzie Brocheré is a French actress known for her sensuous screen presence in French art house cinema and for her starring role as Grace in the horror anthology television series American Horror Story: Asylum, from 2012-2013

Peter Sullivan is a British actor best known for his role as DI Daniel Hayes on the television drama series The Bill, in 2002

Hannah Tointon is an English actress best known for her television roles as Savannah Caskey in Dream Team (2005-2006), as Tamsin in Kerching! (2003-2006), as Katy Fox in Hollyoaks (2007-2008), as Tara in The Inbetweeners (2010), as Hannah in Switch (2012) and as Kiki Delane in The Hour, also in 2012

Peter Capaldi is a Scottish director and actor best known for his role as foul-mouthed political spin doctor, Malcolm Tucker, in the BBC sitcom The Thick of It, from 2005-2012

Vincent Riotta is an English-born Italian actor best known for his starring role as Martini in the 2003 feature film Under the Tuscan Sun