Kate WinsletYoung Iris Murdoch Hugh BonnevilleYoung John Bayley Penelope WiltonJanet Stone Timothy WestOlder Maurice Juliet AubreyYoung Janet Stone Stephen MarcusTaxi Driver Siobhan HayesCheck-Out Girl Joan BakewellBBC Presenter Charlotte ArkwrightYoung Phillida Stone Harriet ArkwrightYoung Emma Stone Matilda AllsoppLittle Stone Tony BlairSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) David BlunkettSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) Richard EyreDirector / Screenplay Harvey WeinsteinExecutive Producer Anthony MinghellaExecutive Producer Thomas Hedley Jr.Executive Producer Guy EastExecutive Producer Sydney PollackExecutive Producer David M. ThompsonExecutive Producer Gemma JacksonProduction Design David WarrenArt Direction Trisha EdwardsSet Decoration Roger PrattDirector Of Photography Lesley SmithMakeup Artist Julie DartnellHair Assistant Lisa WestcottMakeup Artist James HornerOriginal Music Composer Glenn FreemantleSupervising Sound Editor Alex JohnsonCasting Assistant Louis ElmanAdr Voice Casting Lars KnudsenExecutive Assistant Michael DreyerLine Producer 
