Penelope Wilton

Beatrix Potter

Holly Aird

Young Beatrix

Jeremy Nicholas

Bertram Potter

James Campbell

Young Bertram

John Woodvine

Mr Potter

Rosemary Martin

Mrs Potter

Fanny Rowe

Jessie Crompton

John Welsh

Canon Rawnsley

Lois Daine

Annie Moore

James Grout

Sir Henry Roscoe

James Bree

Mr Thiselton-Dyer

John Stratton

Harold Warne

Donald Gee

Norman Warne

Sally Home

Millie Warne

Justine Simon

Nellie Warne

Sophie Ashton

Winifred Warne

Richard Aylen

Mr Cox

Jennifer Marriott

Elizabeth

Victoria Burton

Lily Langtry

Tenniel Evans

Mr Millais

Nicholas Lovell

Noel Moore

Emma Cregeen

Freda Moore

Jonty Lovell

Eric Moore

Anna Simon

Nora Moore

Timothy Bateson

Printer

Bunny May

Stallholder

James Bryce

Heckler

Michael Hordern

Narrator (voice)

Catherine Schell

Jerome Willis

Tim Wylton

Ted Carroll

William Simons

Robin Parkinson

Eileen Helsby

Frank Mills

Kieran Tetchner

Anthony Gardner

Sharon Airey