Benjamin Zephaniah, renowned Rastafarian poet/rapper is traveling by train from Birmingham to Cambridge to receive his Creative Arts Fellowship sharing a carriage with a racist and philistine car spares salesman played by Timothy Spall; by chance the poets Keats, Byron, Shelley and writer Mary Shelley are transported from a séance they are conducting in The Villa Como by a freak electrical storm. A battle of wits, drug taking and poetry performance ensues!
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Benjamin ZephaniahSelf | Self |
 Timothy SpallDerek | Derek |
 Emma FieldingMary Shelley | Mary Shelley |
 Alan CummingShelley | Shelley |
 Alex JenningsByron | Byron |
 Dexter FletcherKeats | Keats |