A lesbian in the 1800s who keeps a detailed account of her life written in coded diaries attempts to live independently while juggling an affair with a married woman.
Maxine Peake
as Anne Lister
Anna Madeley
as Mariana Belcombe
Susan Lynch
as Isabella Norcliffe
Christine Bottomley
as Ann Walker
Gemma Jones
as Aunt Lister
Alan David
as Uncle Lister
Richenda Carey
as Mrs Priestley
Michael Culkin
as Charles Lawton
Tina O'Brien
as Miss Browne
Dean Lennox Kelly
as Christopher Rawson
Tessa Peake-Jones
as Mrs Rawson
Belinda Lazenby
as Mrs Browne
