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# A Very Peculiar Practice (1986): cast and crew

60 cast and 3 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Peter Davison](https://film.one/person/peter-davison.md) as Dr Stephen Daker (14 episodes)
- [Graham Crowden](https://film.one/person/graham-crowden.md) as Dr Jock McCannon (14 episodes)
- [Barbara Flynn](https://film.one/person/barbara-flynn.md) as Dr Rose Marie (14 episodes)
- [David Troughton](https://film.one/person/david-troughton.md) as Dr Bob Buzzard (14 episodes)
- [Elaine Turrell](https://film.one/person/elaine-turrell.md) as Nun (14 episodes)
- [Sonia Hart](https://film.one/person/sonia-hart.md) as Nun (14 episodes)
- [Lindy Whiteford](https://film.one/person/lindy-whiteford.md) as Maureen Cahagan (13 episodes)
- [Amanda Hillwood](https://film.one/person/amanda-hillwood.md) as Lyn Turtle (9 episodes)
- [Takashi Kawahara](https://film.one/person/takashi-kawahara.md) as Chen Sung Yau (7 episodes)
- [Clive Willbond-Hill](https://film.one/person/clive-willbond-hill.md) (7 episodes)
- [Joanna Kanska](https://film.one/person/joanna-kanska.md) as Grete Grotowska (7 episodes)
- [John Bird](https://film.one/person/john-bird.md) as Vice-Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway (7 episodes)
- Michael Shannon as Vice-Chancellor Jack Daniels (7 episodes)
- Gillian Raine as Mrs Kramer (8 episodes)
- [Colin Stinton](https://film.one/person/colin-stinton.md) as Charlie Dusenberry (6 episodes)
- Kay Stonham as Daphne Buzzard (4 episodes)
- James Grout as Professor George Bunn (4 episodes)
- Toria Fuller as Julie Daniels (4 episodes)
- Dominic Arnold as Sammy Limb (4 episodes)
- Joe Melia as Ron Rust (3 episodes)
- [Frances White](https://film.one/person/frances-white.md) as Dorothy Hampton (3 episodes)
- Thomas Wheatley as Professor Farris (3 episodes)
- Eiji Kusuhara as Japanese Interpreter (2 episodes)
- [Mark Addy](https://film.one/person/mark-addy.md) as Mal Prentis (2 episodes)
- Mossie Smith as Chloris Jakeman (2 episodes)
- Mark Drewry as Harry Pointer (2 episodes)
- JoJo Cole as Jo Lentill (2 episodes)
- James Noble as Glenn Oates (2 episodes)
- [Haydn Gwynne](https://film.one/person/haydn-gwynne.md) as Donizetti (1 episodes)
- Trevor Cooper as Ackerman (1 episodes)
- Harriet Reynolds as Deirdre Hemmingway (1 episodes)
- Alexander Doré as Bickerton (1 episodes)
- Michael Cule as Gillespie (1 episodes)
- Derek Beard as Harrap (1 episodes)
- Liz Crowther as Antonia (1 episodes)
- Eliza Buckingham as Woolf (1 episodes)
- Sarah Lam as Chinese Girl (1 episodes)
- [Hugh Grant](https://film.one/person/hugh-grant.md) as Preacher Colin (1 episodes)
- Francesca Brill as Angie Fry (1 episodes)
- Marlene Sidaway as Clara Rudd (1 episodes)
- Kate Eaton as Megan Phillips (1 episodes)
- Peter Blake as Carl Pierce (1 episodes)
- Jelena Budimir as Sandra (1 episodes)
- Timothy West as Professor Furie (1 episodes)
- Philippa Urquhart as Helen Furie (1 episodes)
- Ian Brooker (1 episodes)
- Sarah Duncan as Waitress (1 episodes)
- David Gwillim as Jimmy Partington (1 episodes)
- Jonathan Haley as Ollie Buzzard (1 episodes)
- Nicholas Haley as Simon Buzzard (1 episodes)
- Joanna Hole as Secretary (1 episodes)
- Sean Gascoine as Scruffy Student (1 episodes)
- Suzie Cerys as Anxious Student (1 episodes)
- Geraldine Alexander as Jeannie MacAllister (1 episodes)
- Madlena Nedeva as Daniela Theodoulou (1 episodes)
- [Jean Heywood](https://film.one/person/jean-heywood.md) as Lilian Hubbard (1 episodes)
- Christopher Good as Professor Ember (1 episodes)
- Paul Jesson as P.R. Prettiman (1 episodes)
- [Geoffrey Beevers](https://film.one/person/geoffrey-beevers.md) as Sodd (1 episodes)
- John Grillo as Dr Tittle (1 episodes)

## Directing

- [David Tucker](https://film.one/person/david-tucker.md): Director (14 episodes)

## Writing

- [Andrew Davies](https://film.one/person/andrew-davies.md): Writer (14 episodes)

## Production

- [Ken Riddington](https://film.one/person/ken-riddington.md): Producer (14 episodes)

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