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                                    Rebecca Pidgeon
Catherine Winslow
 
                                    Gemma Jones
Grace Winslow
 
                                    Nigel Hawthorne
Arthur Winslow
 
                                    Sarah Flind
Violet
 
                                    Colin Stinton
Desmond Curry
 
                                    Jeremy Northam
Sir Robert Morton
 
                                    Sara Stewart
Miss Barnes, Beacon Reporter
 
                                    Matthew Pidgeon
Dickie Winslow
 
                                    Aden Gillett
John Watherstone
 
                                    Alan Polonsky
Mr. Michaels
 
                                    Neil North
First Lord of the Admiralty
 
                                    Chris Porter
MP
 
                                    Perry Fenwick
Fred