This series featured seven actors and three actresses who were knighted: Sir Ian Holm, Sir John Gielgud, Sir Nigel Hawthorne, Sir John Hurt, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Michael Gambon, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Penelope Wilton, and Dame Eileen Atkins.
Sir Ian Holm and Sir Kenneth Branagh appeared in Henry V (1989) and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994).
Leslie Phillips, Timothy Spall, Bill Nighy, Geraldine Somerville, Sir John Hurt, Fiona Shaw, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson, Toby Jones, Imelda Staunton, Sir Michael Gambon, Helen McCrory, and David Bradley appeared in the Harry Potter film franchise.
Elizabeth McGovern met her husband, Simon Curtis, on the set in this picture.