Cast

Original Cast

• Mathew Baynton
• Simon Farnaby
• Martha Howe-Douglas
• Jim Howick
• Laurence Rickard
• Ben Willbond

Original Supporting Cast

• Sarah Hadland
• Lawry Lewin
• Dominique Moore
• Giles Terera
• Meera Syal
• Alice Lowe
• David Baddiel

Original Extra Cast

• Terry Deary
• Jalaal Hartley
• Katy Wix
• Susie Donkin
• Matthew Fenton
• Lisa Devlin
• Jessica Ransom
• Javone Prince
• Jason Lewis
• Rhashan Stone
• Bertie Gilbert
• Steve Punt
• George Sawyer

Main Cast

• Jalaal Hartley
• Tom Stourton
• Jessica Ransom

Main Supporting Cast

• Dominique Moore
• Natalie Walter
• Louise Ford

Series 6 Cast

• Jalaal Hartley
• Tom Stourton
• Jessica Ransom
• Adam Riches
• Naz Osmanoglu

Series 6 Supporting Cast

• Simon Farnaby
• Jim Howick
• Lawry Lewin
• Dominique Moore
• Katherine Jakeways
• Jason Lewis
• Bhavna Limbachia
• Dan Li
• Giles Terera
• Sophie Wu
• Natalie Walter
• Louise Ford

Current (Series 7) Cast

• Jalaal Hartley
• Tom Stourton
• Jessica Ransom
• Richard Atwill
• Richard David-Caine
• Thom Tuck
• Gemma Whelan

Guest-Stars

• Dave Lamb (presenter for Historical Come Dine With Me)
• Mark Gatiss
• Reece Shearsmith
• Steve Pemberton
• Sanjeev Bhaskar
• Mel Giedroyc
• Miles Jupp
• Robert Webb

Series 6 Guest Stars

In 2015, along with Jessica Ransom, Jim Howick (twice), Simon Farnaby, Lawry Lewin and Sarah Hadland, six celebrity guest-stars each played a role as one rotten ruler through an episode based on that person.

• Ben Miller (as King John)
• Tom Rosenthal (as King Alfred the Great)
• Kevin Eldon (as King William the Conqueror)
• Rowan Atkinson (as King Henry VIII)
• Kathryn Drysdale (as Queen Cleopatra)
• Lorna Watson (as Queen Boudica)