A semi-fictionalized account of the life of writer F.R. Leavis, his mentor Arthur Quiller Couch, and Leavis's own students at Cambridge University.
Ian HolmF.R. Leavis
Leo McKernSir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Sara KestelmanQueenie Leavis
Alan CummingTulloch
Rufus SewellMike Costain
John Lloyd FillinghamYoung F.R. LeavisHelga BrindleYoung Queenie Leavis
Miranda ForbesMiss GreveAlice DouglasGirton GirlSean O'CallaghanPolice Constable
Charles DaleAmbulance Driver