| Cast list |
| Julia Sawalha | as | Narrator (voice) |
| Lucille Ball | as | Herself (archive footage) |
| Michael Barrymore | as | Himself |
| Jackie Clune | as | Herself |
| Brian Conley | as | Himself |
| Bob Elliott | as | Himself (archive footage) |
| Pierre Étaix | as | Himself (archive footage) |
| Ray Goulding | as | Himself (archive footage) |
| Bob Hope | as | Himself (archive footage) |
| Paul Jackson | as | Himself |
| Peter Kay | as | Himself |
| Buster Keaton | as | Himself (archive footage) |
| Harry Langdon | as | Himself (archive footage) |
| Michael LeRoy | as | Himself (archive footage) |
| Harold Lloyd | as | Himself (archive footage) |
| Sean Lock | as | Himself (archive footage) |
| Bob Monkhouse | as | Himself (archive footage) |
| Lily Morris | as | Herself (archive footage) |
| Leslie Nielsen | as | Himself (archive footage) |
| Ross Noble | as | Himself (also archive footage) |
| Joe Pasquale | as | Himself |
| Arthur Smith | as | Himself |
| Linda Smith | as | Herself |
| Jonathan Winters | as | Himself (archive footage) |
| Terry Wogan | as | Himself |
| Victoria Wood | as | Herself (archive footage) |
