| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Irons | Franz Liszt | 7 |
| Sinéad Cusack | Marie Dorval | 7 |
| Alan Howard | Prosper Merimée | 7 |
| Rosemary Harris | George Sand | 7 |
| George Chakiris | Frédéric Chopin | 7 |
| Michael Gough | Henri de Latouche | 7 |
| Brian Blessed | 2 | |
| Basil Henson | 2 | |
| David Warbeck | 1 | |
| Peter Woodthorpe | 1 | |
| Saeed Jaffrey | 1 | |
| Shane Briant | 1 | |
| Peter Graves | 1 | |
| Joyce Redman | 1 | |
| Robert Lang | 1 | |
| Georgina Hale | 1 | |
| Graham Faulkner | 1 |