Uncle Wormsley is a grey, decaying old man with cobweb-like hair and rotten fingernails. A lone figure who keeps himself to himself, Wormsley's only friend is a monstrous crab called Crabsley, who lives in a dungeon under his house.

Julian Barratt
as Uncle Wormsley

Steve Coogan
as Narrator

Julia Davis
as Mrs. Goodington

John Thomson
as Mr. Goodington and the Crabcatchers

Ben Baker
as Johnnie Goodington