Guest Stars Miranda Otto as Mrs. Hurtle Maxine Peake as Ruby Ruggles David Bradley as Mr. Broune Graham Crowden as Marquis of Auld Reekie Anne-Marie Duff as Georgiana Longestaffe Joanna David as Lady Julia Monogram Douglas Hodge as Roger Carbury Fenella Woolgar as Lady Julia Monogram Oliver Ford Davies as Mr. Longestaffe Helen Schlesinger as Madame Melmotte Allan Corduner as Croll Tony Britton as Lord Alfred Grendall Stuart McQuarrie as Lord Nidderdale Tom Fahy as Butler - Grosvenor Square Jim Carter as Mr. Brehgert Nicholas McGaughey as John Crumb Jon Rumney as Herr Vossner Lilo Baur as Didon Tony Pritchard as Mr. Wakeham Robert Sterne as Portrait Painter James Dyke as Bank Official Trevor Peacock as Mr. Ruggles