Elizabeth McMichael

Linda Hull

Kitty, her sister

Susie Wilde

Ina, their mother

Hilary Bryan-Brown

Susie, Elizabeth's best friend

Gaby Maxwell

Callum Innes, a builder

Allan Brown

Alec Frazer, a photographer

Chris Smith

Agnes Souter, a governess

Emma Red

Merric Chalmers, a lawyer

Tony Clark

Laetitia, his wife

Debbie Bell

Gertie, their maid

Sue Wilkins

Lavender, Merric's mother

Barbara Hart

Reverend Charles Scobie

Nigel Brown