A lesbian in the 1800s who keeps a detailed account of her life written in coded diaries attempts to live independently while juggling an affair with a married woman.
Anne Lister
Maxine Peake
Mariana Belcombe
Anna Madeley
Isabella Norcliffe
Susan Lynch
Ann Walker
Christine Bottomley
Aunt Lister
Gemma Jones
Uncle Lister
Alan David
Mrs Priestley
Richenda Carey
Charles Lawton
Michael Culkin
Miss Browne
Tina O'Brien
Christopher Rawson
Dean Lennox Kelly
Mrs Rawson
Tessa Peake-Jones
Mrs Browne
Belinda Lazenby
Lister Maid
Jemima Foxtrot
Rough Man
Ted Holden
Jeweller
Martin Oldfield
Barman
Micky Dacks
Priest
Robert Maxfield