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Overview: Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.

Cast:

Timothy Spall
JMW Turner

Dorothy Atkinson
Hannah Danby

Marion Bailey
Sophia Booth

Paul Jesson
William Turner Snr

Lesley Manville
Mary Somerville

Martin Savage
Benjamin Robert Haydon

Ruth Sheen
Sarah Danby

David Horovitch
Dr Price

Karl Johnson
Mr. Booth

Peter Wight
Joseph Gillot

Joshua McGuire
John Ruskin

Stuart McQuarrie
Ruskin's Father

Sylvestra Le Touzel
Ruskin's Mother

Leo Bill
JE Mayall

Kate O'Flynn
Prostitute

Sinead Matthews
Queen Victoria

Karina Fernandez
Miss Coggins

Richard Bremmer
George Jones

Mark Stanley
Clarkson Stanfield

Jamie Thomas King
David Roberts

Tom Wlaschiha
Prince Albert

Patrick Godfrey
Lord Egremont

Niall Buggy
John Carew

Fred Pearson
Sir William Beechey

Tom Edden
CR Leslie

Clive Francis
Sir Martin Archer Shee

Robert Portal
Sir Charles Eastlake

James Fleet
John Constable

Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Henry William Pickersgill

Simon Chandler
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott

Edward de Souza
Thomas Stothard

Oliver Maltman
Theatre Actor

Sam Kelly
Theatre Actor

Sandy Foster
Evelina

Amy Dawson
Georgiana

Alice Bailey Johnson
Young Lady Singer

Alice Orr-Ewing
Second Young Lady

Veronica Roberts
Lady Stuckley

Richard Dixon
Mr Manners

Michael Keane
Clergyman

James Norton
Clarinettist

David Ryall
Footman

Nicola Sloane
Brothel Keeper

Eleanor Yates
Ruskin's Wife

Fenella Woolgar
Lady Eastlake

Richard Cordery
Dinner Guest

James Dryden
Cornelius

Marcello Magni
Colourman

Mark Wingett
Mariner

Ruby Bentall
Unhappy Couple

Lee Ingleby
Unhappy Couple

Pearl Chanda
Theatre Actor

Ned Derrington
Theatre Actor

Phil Elstob
Theatre Actor

Peter Hannah
Theatre Actor

Francesca Zoutewelle
Theatre Actor

Billy Holland
Boy Actor

Michael Culkin
Gentleman Critic

Vincent Franklin
Gentleman Critic

Nicholas Woodeson
Gentleman Critic

Elizabeth Berrington
Lady Critics

Eileen Davies
Lady Critics

Bob Goody
Gallery Visitor

Terrence Hardiman
Gallery Visitor

Theresa Watson
Gallery Visitor

Judi Scott
Neighbour

Angela Curran
Neighbour

Amanda Lawrence
Hannah's Friend

Judith Amsenga
Dutch Lady

Helen Cooper
Dutch Lady

Stuart Matthews
Market Trader (uncredited)

Nicholas Jones
Sir John Soane

Robert J. Fraser
Art Student (uncredited)