The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

Anthony Burgess

Self· 2 ep

Eileen Atkins

Reader· 2 ep

Douglas Hodge

Stage Manger / Son / Ordolfo· 2 ep

Hermione Lee

Self· 2 ep

George Steiner

Self· 2 ep

John Castle

Peter Walsh· 1 ep

Robert Daws

Septimus Warren-Smith· 1 ep

Rupert Degas

Reader: 'The Waves'· 1 ep

Katy Behean

Sonya· 1 ep

Vas Blackwood

(voice)· 1 ep

John Challis

(voice)· 1 ep

Mair Coleman

Mrs. Marmeladov· 1 ep

Derek Deadman

Convict 1· 1 ep

Charlie Drake

Marmeladov· 1 ep

Sabina Franklyn

(voice)· 1 ep

John Jones

Self· 1 ep

Patrick Malahide

Underground Man· 1 ep

Ian McDiarmid

Dostoevsky· 1 ep

Orla Pederson

Convict 2· 1 ep

Timothy Spall

Porfiry· 1 ep

Sara Sugarman

Nastasya· 1 ep

Ann Way

Old Woman· 1 ep

James Aubrey

Frank Budgen· 1 ep

Dermot Crowley

Joe Hynes· 1 ep

Sorcha Cusack

Molly Bloom· 1 ep

Tony Doyle

Narrator (voice)· 1 ep

Francesca Folan

Zoe Higgins· 1 ep

Clive Hart

Self· 1 ep

John Lynch

Stephen Dedalus· 1 ep

T. P. McKenna

Citizen· 1 ep

Deirdra Morris

Nora Joyce· 1 ep

Patricia Mort

May Dedalus· 1 ep

Bryan Murray

James Joyce· 1 ep

Patricia Quinn

Bella Cohen· 1 ep

David Suchet

Leopold Bloom· 1 ep

Frances Barber

Winnie Verloc· 1 ep

Hywel Bennett

Professor· 1 ep

Peter Blythe

Vladimir· 1 ep

Jim Broadbent

Ossipon· 1 ep

Keith Carabine

Self· 1 ep

Kenneth Colley

Chief Inspector Heat· 1 ep

Graham Crowden

Home Secretary· 1 ep

David Doyle

Stevie· 1 ep

Brian Glover

Adolf Verloc· 1 ep

Richard Pasco

Joseph Conrad (voice)· 1 ep

V.S. Pritchett

Self· 1 ep

Julia Blalock

Mother· 1 ep

Michel Butor

Self· 1 ep

Eleanor David

Gilberte Swann· 1 ep

Dominic Jephcott

Robert St. Loup· 1 ep

Terence Kilmartin

Self· 1 ep

Zoe Mair

Young Gilberte / Mlle. St. Loup· 1 ep

Roger Rees

Marcel Proust / Marcel· 1 ep

Paul Reynolds

Young Marcel Proust· 1 ep

Grace Wilkinson

Albertine· 1 ep

Paul Brooke

Dr. Hofrat Behrens· 1 ep

Iain Cuthbertson

Mynheer Peeperkorn· 1 ep

Ben Daniels

Hans Castorp· 1 ep

John Grillo

Naphta· 1 ep

Haydn Gwynne

Mme. Chauchat· 1 ep

Nigel Hamilton

Self· 1 ep

Tim McInnerny

Settembrini· 1 ep

John Shrapnel

Thomas Mann· 1 ep

Pippa Vickers

Nurse· 1 ep

Suzanne Bertish

Rebekka West· 1 ep

Brian Cox

Henrik Ibsen (voice)· 1 ep

Roger Lloyd Pack

Rosmer· 1 ep

Michael Meyer

Self· 1 ep

John Mortimer

Self· 1 ep

David Ryall

Pastor Kroll· 1 ep

Anthony Storr

Self· 1 ep

D.M. Thomas

Self· 1 ep

Christina Greatrex

Lady Bradshaw· 1 ep

Eva Griffith

Young Clarissa Dalloway· 1 ep

Oona Kirsch

Sally Seton· 1 ep

Jenifer Landor

Lucrezia Warren-Smith· 1 ep

Gerard Logan

Young Peter Walsh· 1 ep

Susan Tracy

Mrs. Dalloway· 1 ep

Sylvestra Le Touzel

Marta Abba / Stepdaughter· 1 ep

Ian McNeice

Egisto Oliveri / Producer / Philip / Doctor· 1 ep

Julian Mitchell

Self· 1 ep

Leonardo Sciascia

Self· 1 ep

Reginald Stewart

Lamberto Picasso / Father / Belcridi· 1 ep

Patricia Thorns

Jane Frigero / Mother / Countess· 1 ep

John Woodvine

Ruggio Ruggeri / Henry IV / Leone· 1 ep

Peter Ackroyd

Self· 1 ep

T. S. Eliot

Self (voice) (archive sound)· 1 ep

Edward Fox

Reader· 1 ep

Michael Gough

Reader· 1 ep

Frank Kermode

Self· 1 ep

Craig Raine

Self· 1 ep

Stephen Spender

Self· 1 ep

David Barrass

Warder· 1 ep

John Bennett

Chaplain / Father· 1 ep

Michael Bryant

Advocate· 1 ep

Tatyana Colombo

Leni / Washerwoman· 1 ep

Kit Jackson

Clerk· 1 ep

Matthew Marsh

Warder· 1 ep

Bill Paterson

Titorelli· 1 ep

Lucy Pearce

Giggling Girl· 1 ep

Oscar Quitak

Judge· 1 ep

Tim Roth

Franz Kafka / Joseph K.· 1 ep

Barrie Rutter

Inspector· 1 ep

Naomi Wattis

Giggling Girl· 1 ep

Mark Wing-Davey

Franz Kafka (voice)· 1 ep

Malcolm Bradbury

Self· 1 ep

Melvyn Bragg

Self· 1 ep