| | | Part 1 |
1 | Jeff | Weaver | Gravedigger. |
| Adam | Weaver | Jeff's son. Gravedigger. |
| Mary Elizabeth | Blakiston | Deceased. Sir Magnus's housekeeper. aka: Mrs. Blakiston. |
2 | Robin | Osborne | The reverend. aka: Robby. |
| Reverend | Montagu | Elderly reverend. |
| Henrietta | Osborne | Robin's wife. aka: Hen. |
| Magnus | Pye | Wealthy local land owner. Mrs. Blakiston's employer. |
3 | Dr. Emilia | Redwing | Surgeon. |
| Ms. | Dotterel | Woman who's helping at the village shop. |
| Billy | Weaver | Jeff's 9-year-old grandson. |
| Johnny | Whitehead | Man who cut his hand. Owner of an antique shop. |
| Arthur | Redwing | Dr. Emilia's husband. Artist. |
| Sebastian | Redwing | Arthur and Emilia's only child. |
| Neville | Brent | The groundsman at Pye Hall. |
4 | Gemma | Whitehead | Johnny's wife. |
| Robert | Blakiston | Mary Elizabeth's son. |
| Mr. | Turnstone | Owner of a butcher shop. |
| Clarissa | Pye | Sir Magnus's twin. aka: Lady Pye, Clara. |
5 | Rene | | Lady Pye's hairdresser. |
| Frances | Pye | Sir Magnus's wife. A governess. |
6 | Geoffrey | Lanner | The undertaker. Relative of original owner of Lanner and Crane. |
| Martin | Crane | The undertaker. Relative of original owner of Lanner and Crane. |
| Joy | Sanderling | Robert's faince. aka: Josie. |
7 | Frederick | Pye | Magnus and Frances's son. aka: Freddy. |
8 | Edgar | Rennard | Dr. Emilia's father. |
| | | Part 2 |
1 | Dr. | Benson | Atticus's doctor. |
| Atticus | Pund | German refugee who sruvived the war. Detective. |
| Otto (1) | | Bavarian prince. King of Greece in 1832. |
| James | Fraser | Atticus's assistant and private secretary. |
| Inspector | Spence | Police inspector. |
2 | Paul | Sanderling | Joy's brother who has down syndrome. |
| Tom | Blakiston | Robert's 12-year-old brother. |
| Matthew | Blakiston | Mary Elizabeth's husband. |
4 | Carlotta | | One of the owners of an Italian family restaurant. |
| Jack | Dartford | Man who works at the money market. Frances's friend. |
10 | Raymond | Chubb | Detective inspector. Atticus's friend. |
| | | Part 3 |
1 | Ashton | H. | The name Sir Magnus wrote before he died. |
4 | Gareth | Kite | The landlord of the Ferryman. |
| Diana | Weaver | Adam's wife. |
5 | Philip | Gadwall | Larkin Gadwall's senior partner. |
6 | Harriet | Chubb | Detective Chubb's wife. |
| | | Part 4 |
5 | | Winterbrook | Eagle-eyed constable. |
| | | Miss Dotterel - The village shop. |
| Arthur | Reeve | Man who lost his medal collection. |
| Hilda | Reeve | Arthur's wife. |
| Gangland | Fence | Member of the Mansion Gang. A prisoner released from jail. |
7 | Cynthia | Pye | Sir Magnus and Clarissa's mother. |
| Merrill | Pye | Sir Magnus and Clarissa's father. |
8 | Bella | | Tom's dog. |
| | | Part 6 |
1 | Stanley | Brent | Neville's father. |