- From the novel by:
- William Golding
- Radio script/Producer:
- Donald McWhinnie
- Samuel Mountjoy:
- Paul Scofield
- Sammy, as a boy:
- Patricia Hayes
- Ma:
- Betty Linton
- Evie:
- Patricia Somerset
- Johnny Spragg:
- Jean England
- Philip Arnold:
- Henry Davies
- Philip, as a boy:
- Caroline Leigh
- Headmaster of the Council School:
- Jeffrey Segal
- Miss Massey:
- Pauline Wynn
- Father Watts-Watt:
- Hamilton Dyce
- A Nurse:
- Freda Dowie
- The Verger:
- Will Leighton
- Beatrice:
- Ifor; Diana Olsson
- Taffy:
- Patricia Somerset
- Dr. Halde:
- Ferdy Mayne
- Miss Pringle:
- Freda Dowie
- Nick Shales:
- Will Leighton
- Headmaster of the Grammar School:
- Hamilton Dyce
- Dr. Kenneth Enticott:
- John Sharples
