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223 cast members |
Name | Episodes | Known for |
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Jimmy Carr
Self - Narrator
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28
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Matthew Steer
Baron O'Neill / Charles Guiteau / Cronje's Second / Edward Gardner / Hangman / …
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10
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Dustin Demri-Burns
Adolf Hitler / British Soldier / Henry Tudor / Roger Bushell / Ronnie Kray / …
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9
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Bruce Mackinnon
Charles Sumner Tainter / Noble / Police Boss / Security Guard 2 / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle / Steward
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8
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Paul Kaye
John Logie Baird
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7
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Ciaran Dowd
Executioner / German Soldier / Lancelot / Napoleon's Soldier / Sheriff Brady
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6
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Mathew Horne
Billy the Kid / Captain Robert Falcon Scott / Frances Griffiths / Howard Carter / King Charles II / Thomas Cromwell
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6
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Mike Wozniak
Cardinal Wolsey / Dr. Thomas Wendy / Esmond Harmsworth / Horse / Pendrill Brother / Postmaster James Smith
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6
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Tom Rosenthal
Drunk Storyteller / Self - Drunk Storyteller / Harold Abrahams
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5
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Mark Davison
Farmer Roger / Inspector Dew / Merlin / Neville Chamberlain / Royal Doctor / Thomas Andrews
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5
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Marek Larwood
Dr. Crippen / Hans Holbein / Isaac Newton / Knight / Lord Mayor's Servant / William Hare
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5
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Tom Stourton
King James I / Lieutenant Robert Maynard / Prince Edward / Roald Amundsen / Thomas Watson
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5
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Daisy Beaumont
Catherine of Aragon / Frightened Local / Hotel Guest / Lady Jane Lane
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5
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Tim Key
Henry VIII / Lord Darnley / Lord Stanley / Sheriff of Nottingham / Thomas Edison
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5
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Joseph Varley
Arthur Weigall / Firefighter / Henry Percy / Knight / Pub Punter / …
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5
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Jake Canuso
Head Of Acting Troupe / Spanish General Juan / Head of Acting Troupe
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5
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Joe Lycett
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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4
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Mathew Baynton
Antonio Meucci / John Tunstall / Lord Byron / Robin Hood
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4
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Tim Downie
Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve / Edward Wilson / Royal Society Lecturer
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4
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Steve Edge
Blood's Accomplice / British Soldier / Florence's Father / King's Guard / Victims
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4
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Harry Peacock
'Nephew' / Blood's Brother-in-Law / Captain Henry George Kendall / Joachim Von Ribbentrop / Policeman / Stanley Gibbons
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4
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Tony Way
Anne of Cleves / Blacksmith / Boatman / Lord Mayor Bloodworth / Party-Goer / Tom King
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4
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Alexander Kirk
Arthur Wright / Frances Walsingham / King George III
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4
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Lucy Middleditch
Librarian / Queen's Courtier
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4
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Alan Williams
David Corbett / Kray Informer / Shepherd / Weigall's Journalist Colleague
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4
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Russell Kane
Self - Drunk Storyteller / Self
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4
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Joel Dommett
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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3
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Kerry Howard
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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3
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Tom Davis
Drunk Storyteller / King Henry VIII
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3
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Jessica Knappett
Drunk Storyteller / Florence Nightingale
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3
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Neil Ashton
Pope Benedict / Undertaker
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3
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Simon Bird
D.I. Charles Buggy / Winston Churchill
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3
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Emma Bunton
Catherine Parr / Maid Marian
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3
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Theo Barklem-Biggs
Guy Gibson / Leslie Walkington
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3
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Seb Cardinal
Guy Fawkes / Joseph / Reggie Kray
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3
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Andrew Buckley
Lead Pirate / Policeman / Security Guard 1
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3
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Adam Foster
Actor
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3
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Joel Fry
Gilbert Gifford / Prince Albert
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3
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Rufus Hound
General Piet Cronjé / God / John Dolan
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3
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Kath Hughes
Polly Wright / War-weary Woman
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3
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Ben Frimstone
Cora Crippen's German Lover / Firefighter / Norman Soldier
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3
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Marc Wootton
Dr. Robert Knox / Harold Godwinson / Joe Mears
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3
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Stephen Mangan
Henry V / Lt Sir Edward Hulse
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3
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Liam Williams
Clapping Soldier / Stanley's Man
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3
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Lydia Rose Bewley
Ann O'Neill / Cora Crippen / Drunk Storyteller
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3
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Tony Cook
Viking / French Soldier
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3
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Tamer Hassan
Sir John French
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3
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James Acaster
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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2
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Rick Edwards
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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2
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Rob Beckett
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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2
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Romesh Ranganathan
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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2
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Andrew Maxwell
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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2
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Tom Parry
Drunk Storyteller / Self - Drunk Storyteller
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2
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Diane Morgan
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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2
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Tiff Stevenson
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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2
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Adam Buxton
Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach / Self
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2
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Ben Bailey Smith
Bruce Ismay / Leonard 'Nipper' Read
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2
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Alexander Armstrong
Alfred The Great / Sir Arthur Harris
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2
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Jamie Demetriou
Conspiring Journalist / Queen's Courtier
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2
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Hugh Dennis
Napoleon / Richard III
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2
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Tom Bennett
A.R. 'Dick' Collins / Eric Liddell
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2
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Edward Easton
Richard III's Soldier
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2
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Dominic Coleman
Adolf Hitler
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2
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George Fouracres
English Soldier
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2
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Pippa Evans
Conspiring Journalist / Womens' Guild Member
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2
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Arron Crascall
British Soldier
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2
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Phill Jupitus
Captain Edward Smith / William the Bastard
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2
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John Kearns
Frederick Fleet / King James I
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2
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Anthony Head
Admiral Horatio Nelson / Alexander Graham Bell
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2
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Joseph Morpurgo
Francis Crick / William Gordon
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2
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Brett Goldstein
James Garfield / Robert Dudley
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2
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Blake Harrison
King Guthrum
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2
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Nick Mohammed
John William Polidori / William Burke
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2
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Lisa McAllister
Boss 1 / Courtier
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2
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Guz Khan
Henry's Manservant
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2
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Michelle Keegan
Mary Queen of Scots / Queen Elizabeth I
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2
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Vicky Pattison
Disgusted Lady / Wellington's Mistress
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2
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Steve Oram
King George V / Thomas Beckett
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2
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Adam Riches
James Watson / Talbot Edwards
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2
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Sam Simmons
Edward Bletchley / French Soldier
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2
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Matt Tait
Cromwell / Policeman
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2
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James McNicholas
Gay Jewish Nazi
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2
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Jamie Laing
British Airman
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2
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Lloyd Griffith
Actor
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2
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Ed Eales White
Judge John Bradshaw / Tommy Butler
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2
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Richard Rycroft
Albert's Friend / Boss 2
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2
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Owen Roberts
King Philip II of Spain / Lecturer
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2
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Catherine Tate
Elsie Wright / Mary Wilson
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2
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Joe Wilkinson
Beggar / Dr. Doctor Bliss
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2
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Johnny Vegas
Baby Jesus / Vicar Andrew
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2
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Tomi May
German soldier
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2
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Emma Sidi
Local Woman
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2
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Iain Stirling
Drunk Storyteller / Self
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2
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Alex Horne
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Ben Ashenden
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Ed Gamble
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Chris Ramsey
Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Nish Kumar
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Nick Helm
Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Elis James
Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Josie Long
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Tom Craine
Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Judi Love
Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Luisa Omielan
Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Charlotte Ritchie
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Ellie Taylor
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Isy Suttie
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Sara Pascoe
Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Matt Richardson
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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1
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James Murray
Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Brian Quinn
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Miles Jupp
Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Phil Wang
Self
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1
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Daniel Sloss
Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Sarah Alexander
Queen Elizabeth I
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1
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Tom Bell
King's Counsel
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1
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John Robins
Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Lolly Adefope
Actress
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1
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Keith Allen
Actor
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1
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Sal Vulcano
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Ralph Ineson
King Henry II
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1
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Sanjeev Bhaskar
Robert Baden-Powell
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1
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Simon Day
Lord Carnarvon
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1
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Nicholas Burns
Policeman
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1
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Adam Drake
Nazi Guard
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1
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Dane Baptiste
Actor
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1
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Edward Aczel
Actor
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1
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Olivia Colman
Ethel Le Neve
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1
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Rich Hall
Flight Lieutenant Wally Floody
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1
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Ivan Gonzalez
Pubgoer
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1
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Charlotte Crosby
Hannah Newton
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1
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Alice Lowe
Rosalind Franklin
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1
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Beattie Edmondson
Lettice Devereux, Countess of Essex
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1
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Colin Hoult
Colonel 'Freddie'
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1
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Katy Brand
Queen Elizabeth I
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1
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Jason Forbes
Actor
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1
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Rebecca Front
Queen Victoria
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1
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Greg James
Alan 'Tony' Lascelles
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1
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Felix Hayes
Lord Uxbridge
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1
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Phil Ellis
Second English Seaman
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1
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Richard Glover
Railway Employee
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1
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Sarah Daykin
Elizabeth's Courtier
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1
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Dean Dobbs
Actor
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1
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Adam Foster
Actor
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1
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Luca Pasqualino
Dick Turpin
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1
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Ralf Little
'Colonel' Thomas Blood
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1
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Ben Hardy
King Arthur
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1
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Tom Goodman-Hill
Actor
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1
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Sian Gibson
Anne Hathaway
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1
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Ryan Sampson
King Charles II
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1
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Ewen MacIntosh
God
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1
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Neil Maskell
King Henry VIII
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1
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Shend
Little John
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1
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Ivan González
English Seaman
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1
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Matthew Lewis
Edmond Halley
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1
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Samson Kayo
Bill
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1
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Gurpal Gill
Actor
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1
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Ceallach Spellman
Baden-Powell's Second
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1
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Alexander Owen
Plotter
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1
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Sophie McShera
Wallis Simpson
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1
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Jack Whitehall
Sir Walter Raleigh
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1
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Julian Rhind-Tutt
Oscar Slater
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1
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Max Olesker
Thomas Seymour
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1
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David Earl
Actor
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1
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Kadiff Kirwan
Knight
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1
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Tyger Drew-Honey
Sir Richard Lundie
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1
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Mo Gilligan
Actor
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1
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Danny John-Jules
Angel Gabriel
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1
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Jordan Stephens
Norman Soldier
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1
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Jon Richardson
Percy Shelley
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1
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Luke Kempner
Dr. William Beatty
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1
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James Meehan
Theosophist
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1
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Jim Howick
Actor
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1
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Spencer Jones
Actor
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1
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Marie Lawrence
Actress
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1
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Russell Tovey
King Charles II
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1
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Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
Maurice Wilkins
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1
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Morgana Robinson
Mary Godwin
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1
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Dan Renton Skinner
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
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1
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Stephanie Pratt
Lady Of The Lake
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1
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Jack Howard
Actor
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1
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Bella Younger
Woodcutter's Wife
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1
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Mark Williams
Robert Catesby
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1
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Alex Macqueen
Hardy
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1
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Bradley Walsh
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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1
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Steve Stamp
Actor
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1
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Akai Osei
King Charles II
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1
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Arnold Widdowson
Charlie 'Catman' Clarke
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1
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Sally Phillips
Mary
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1
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Joe Thomas
Alexander Graham Bell
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1
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John Thomson
Actor
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1
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Jonny Sweet
Actor
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1
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Naz Osmanoglu
Napoléon Bonaparte
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1
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Marcus Butler
Barney
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1
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Matthew Tait
Wise Man
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1
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Ashley Walters
King Charles I
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1
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Lauren Pattison
Mary's Courtier
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1
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Ben Willbond
Ian Fleming
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1
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Lucy Beaumont
Lady of the Court
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1
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Cariad Lloyd
Anne Boleyn
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1
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Holly Hagan
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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1
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Gaz Beadle
Self - Drunk Storyteller
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1
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N. Brooks
Mary's Best Friend
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1
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Javone Prince
Actor
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1
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Karl Farrer
Bounty Hunter
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1
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Matthew Charlton
Fit Knight
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1
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Jon E Cassell
Rupert Potter
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1
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Jennie Luke
Flopsy Bunny
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1
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Shawn Dixon
Regulator #1 (uncredited)
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3
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Justin Hayward
Henry Bowers / Ronnie Biggs (uncredited)
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2
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Edward Nash
Man with Tongue Ripped Out / York Soldier (uncredited)
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2
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Peter Theobalds
English Soldier / Lincoln County Regulator / Viking Warrior (uncredited)
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2
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John Steels
English Archer / Saxon Soldier (uncredited)
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2
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Layla Warren
Self (uncredited)
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1
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Danny Stewart
Peasant (uncredited)
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1
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Ben Rogers
Times Journalist (uncredited)
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1
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Guillaume Rivaud
French Soldier (uncredited)
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1
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Marco De Marlo
Sir Scott (uncredited)
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1
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Richard Bevan
Executioner of Walter Raleigh (uncredited)
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1
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Charlene Griffith
Edward's Lover (uncredited)
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1
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Luke Steele
Lifeboat Survivor (uncredited)
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1
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Anna Stark
Eliza Grace Symonds (uncredited)
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1
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Phil Hodges
Gunfighter (uncredited)
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1
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