Margaret Cairney asMildred Bagshot

Handsomely attractive, moderately wealthy widow and owner of the house set in seven acres of grounds. A little short sighted with a tendency to vagueness maintaining an upper middle class lifestyle of dependence on servants but with a relevant but unlikely skeleton in her cupboard.

Laura Menzies as Dorothy

A not so attractive but determined sound and sensible young lady and attentive niece to Mildre to whom she acts as a devoted companion and housekeeper. She has a clever and sardonic wit and a confidence intelligence and cunning belied by her appearance.

Steven Thompson as Robert Bunting

A dour implacably aloof but cynical butler - displaying a rigid disdain and feigned deference to all; but not without a macabre wit. He has a personality lying somewhere between Stephen Fry's Jeeves and Frankenstein's monster.