David Suchet - Narrator

David Suchet, is a well-known, respected, and prolific English actor. He has worked in theatre, film and TV and is probably most well known for his role as Agatha Christi's detective, Hercule Poirot, for which is received a BAFTA nomination.

He has the ability to play a wide-ranging variety of roles -  from the ambitious Cardinal Wolsey in the ITV drama Henry VIII, to the role of the fallen press baron - Robert Maxwell - Maxwell.  
Paul Collard - 'Albert'

After a very 'colourful' life, Paul started acting in his mid-seventies.  And now, in his sprightly mid-nineties, he has been appearing in many well-known TV dramas including Casualty and Aria.

He is also a published author and playwright. 




Gabrielle Hamilton - 'Josie'


Gabrielle started acting in the fifties and has gone on to be a highly successful actress appearing in a wide-range of TV and Film roles including The Railway Children, Middlemarch, Silent Witness, Cranford and more recently in A Bunch of Amateurs with Burt Reynolds and the Crimson Petal and White.



Lewis Hart - 'Soldier Albert'

Lewis graduated from the Italia Conti school in 2010 and has been in work ever-since. He is currently rehearsing for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' with Edward Hall's Propeller Theatre Company, and in 2013 he led the cast in a short film inspired by Eurene O'Neill's 'The Hairy Ape'

He is on the books of the Markham Agency.

Nathan Allen - 'Young Albert'


Nathan is still at school, but eager to make a career as a actor.  He is currently acting with the Stage School at Havant, which is where he was originally cast for the major role of 'Young Albert'.

Additional Cast

Rachel Coffey
Esme Kemp
Jordan Newman
Aliyzah Shaahi
Annie Spencer
Young Albert's mother
Child 'Josie'
Dead Soldier
Carer
Young 'Josie'