David Troughton

as Galileo Galilei   programme biography

Ken Bones

as Maffeo Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)   programme biography

David Acton

as Giovanni Ciampoli   programme biography

David Beames

as Bellarmine, Senator, Wackher, Landini   programme biography

Eric Carte

as Bruno, Richelieu, Firenzuola   programme biography

Edward Clayton

as Workman, delle Colombe   programme biography

Stuart Goodwin

as Johannes Kepler, Francesco Barberini   programme biography

Sean Hannaway

as Workman, Caccini   programme biography

Graham Ingle

as Senator, Louis XIII, Bernini, Nobleman   programme biography

Alexandra Moen

as Maria Celeste (Galileo's daughter)   programme biography

Charlie Simpson

as Venetian Senator, Niccolini   programme biography

Giles Taylor

as Senator, Cosimo II, Cardinal Bentivoglio   programme biography

James Tucker

as Castelli (Galileo's student)   programme biography