Cast and Crew of While You Were Sleeping

Cast of
While You Were Sleeping

About While You Were Sleeping

A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.

Full Cast of While You Were Sleeping

Peter Ackroyd
plays Himself - Presenter (3 episodes)

Alex Jennings
plays Stephen Spender (3 episodes)

Chris Langham
plays Ned Ward (3 episodes)

Philip Jackson
plays Samuel Pepys (3 episodes)

Toby Stephens
plays Casanova (3 episodes)

Ronan Vibert
plays Joseph Conrad (3 episodes)

John Woodvine
plays Henry Moore (3 episodes)

Jack Shepherd
plays Thomas de Quincey (3 episodes)

Timothy West
plays Henry Mayhew (3 episodes)

Danielle Rees
plays Charlie Meyer (3 episodes)

Anton Lesser
plays Charles Dickens (3 episodes)

Philip Madoc
plays Geoffrey of Monmouth (3 episodes)

Tim Pigott-Smith
plays John Evelyn (3 episodes)

Mike Bacarella
plays Mr. Fusco


Crew of While You Were Sleeping