"John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most celebrated Inn in England, catering to the brightest lights in London's literati."
Robert Hardy
as John Fothergill
Lynn Farleigh
as Kate
John Carson
as Neilson
Patrick Newell
as Pemberton
Elizabeth Spriggs
as Middle Class Woman
John Bird
as HG Wells
Sebastian Shaw
as Crusty Old Party
David de Keyser
as Curtis Bennett
Jeremy Sinden
as Evelyn Waugh
John Franklyn-Robbins
as 1st Clubman
Peter Hughes
as 2nd Clubman
Ivor Roberts
as Schoolmaster
Tacy Kneale
as Kitty
Ceri Jackson
as Phyllis
Len Howe
as 1st Farmer
Alan Haines
as 2nd Farmer
Malcolm Gerard
as Stallholder
Monica Kendall
as Margaret
Nigel Nobes
as Jelks
James Duggan
as Tripper
Marjorie Bland
as Hermione Baddeley
Arthur Bostrom
as David Tennant
Eliza Buckingham
as Titled Lady
David Wilkinson
as Undergraduate
Trevor T. Smith
as Chauffeur
Lynne Ross
as Debutante
Bridget Ashburn
as 1st Governess
Alyson Spiro
as 2nd Governess
Simon Jones
as Horsburgh
Pauline Delaney
as Mrs Beaumont
Daphne Oxenford
as Invalid Lady
Arthur Blake
as Policeman
Claude Whatham
Director
John Fothergill
Book
Robert Holmes
Writer
Innes Lloyd
Producer