Script by Philip O'Connor
-based on research by Mildred Stock
General Bethune, Tom'sowner (William Sylvester ); Tom, as a child (Marjorie West bury), and as an adult (Peter Woodihorpe ); Charity, his mother (Barbara Assoon ); Frances Bethune (Judy Bailey ); John Bethune (Gabriel Woolf ): Carrie (Nadia Cattouse); Judge Dickson (Macdonald Parke); Judge Woodruff (Geoffrey Wincott ); Dr. Blackman .(Murray Kash ); Dr. Graham (Ronald Wilson ) with Jane Jordan Rogers and Marvin Kane Music, including excerpts from Blind Tom 's own compositions for the piano played by Peter Gellhorn
Production by David Thomson
(: second broadcast)