Cast
The serial depicts most of the important political figures of the day:
- King Charles II: James Villiers
- King James II: John Westbrook
- Queen Mary, wife to James II: Sheila Gish
- King William III: Alan Rowe
- Queen Mary II: Lisa Daniely
- Queen Anne: Margaret Tyzack
- Prince George of Denmark: Roger Mutton
- King Louis XIV: Robert Robinson
- Sidney Godolphin: John Standing
- Lord Shaftesbury: Frederick Peisley
- Lord Shrewsbury: Job Stewart
- James, Duke of Monmouth: James Kerry
- Robert Harley: Richard Pearson
- Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland: Moira Redmond
- Francis Godolphin: Richard Warwick
- Henrietta Churchill: Polly Adams
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: Graham Armitage
- Lord Russell: Colin Bean
- Duchess of Portsmouth: Consuela Chapman
- Charles Churchill: Michael Culver
- Nell Gwyn: Andrea Lawrence
- D'Artagnan: Michael Lynch
- Henrietta Wentworth: Kay Patrick
- Marquess of Carmarthen: Arthur Pentelow
- Duke of Buckingham: Bruce Purchase
- Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester: John Ringham
- Titus Oates: Nicholas Smith
- Henry St John: Michael Attwell
- Abigail Masham: Jill Balcon
- James Stuart, the Old Pretender: Freddie Wilson
- Anne Churchill: Yvonne Antrobus
- Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland: Robert Mill
- Adam de Cardonnel: William Job
- William Cadogan: Bernard Taylor
- John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford: Francis Wallis
- Anthonie Heinsius: David King
- Count Wratislaw: Kenneth Ives
- Prince Eugene of Savoy: John Saunders
- Marshal Tallard: Edward Dentith
- Elector of Bavaria: Guy Standeven
- Lord Cutts: Donald Sumpter
- Margrave of Baden: Clive Cazes
- Sir John Vanbrugh: John Carlin
- Samuel Masham: Gordon Whiting
- Lord Somers: Charles West
- Marquis de Torcy: Derek Cox
- Duchess of Somerset: Rosina Stewart
- Duke of Somerset: Clifford Parrish
- Lord Halifax: Austin Trevor
- Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland: John Humphry
- Lady Sunderland: Lillias Walker
- Archbishop Sancroft: Kevin Stoney
- Count Bentinck, later Lord Portland: Roger Booth
- Robert Young: Davyd Harries
- Bishop Sprat: Julian d'Albie
- Archbishop Tenison: Graham Leaman
- Duke of Gloucester: Michael Reynolds
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