| Episode cast overview, first billed only: |
 | Paul Eddington | - | Edmund Tressilian |
 | Anthony Newlands | - | Richard Varney |
 | Ann Firbank | - | Amy Robsart |
 | Robin Bailey | - | Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester |
| Alan Edwards | - | Wayland Smith |
 | John Wood | - | Dr. Doboobie |
| Stuart Hutchison | - | Walter Raleigh |
| Howard Lamb | - | Edmund Blount |
| Manning Wilson | - | Thomas Ratcliffe, Earl of Sussex |
 | Margaret Tyzack | - | Janet |
 | Maxine Audley | - | Queen Elizabeth I |
| Robert Hunter | - | Anthony Foster |
| John Ford | - | Robert Padgett, a minstrel |
| Jill Tilsley | - | Doll, a lute-player |
| John McGregor | - | Jack, a drummer |
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