"BBC docudrama telling the story of the father of science fiction, HG Wells, and his ambition to avert mankind's headlong course towards self-destruction."
Michael Sheen
as H.G. Wells
Sally Hawkins
as Rebecca West
Dermot Crowley
as George Bernard Shaw
Branka Katić
as Maura Budberg
Jacek Koman
as Maxim Gorky
Michael Cochrane
as Minister
Sarah Winman
as Jane Wells
Kenneth Jay
as Henry James
Rebecca Ramsden
as Millie
Elizabeth Elvin
as Mrs. Hallam
Keir Charles
as Sykes
Abigail Davies
as Russian Reporter
Roger Heathcott
as Josef Stalin
James Kent
Director
Nick Powell
Original Music Composer
Lawrence Gardner
Director of Photography
Gregor Lyon
Editor
Writer