- Author:
- Jonathan Coe
- Dramatised by:
- Dick Clement
- Dramatised by:
- Ian La Frenais
- Producer:
- Chrissy Skinns
- Director:
- Tony Smith
- Barbara Chase:
- Sarah Lancashire
- Bill Anderton:
- Hugo Speer
- Sam Chase:
- Mark Williams
- Colin Trotter:
- Kevin Doyle
- Nigel Plumb:
- Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Sheila Trotter:
- Rebecca Front
- Miriam Newman:
- Christine Tremarco
- Ben Trotter:
- Geoff Breton
- Doug Anderton:
- Nicholas Shaw
- Philip Chase:
- Rasmus Hardiker
- Irene Anderton:
- Elizabeth Berringion
- Lois Trotter:
- Alice O'Connell
- Malcolm:
- James Daffern
- Paul Trotter:
- Sebastian Harding
- Cicely Boyd:
- Alice Eve
- Claire Newman:
- Cara Horgan
- Harding:
- Rate Spall
- Richards:
- Peter Bankole
- Culpepper:
- Henry Lloyd-Hughes
- Donald Newman:
- Roderick Smith
- Everett:
- Patrick Haviland
- Waring:
- Chris Rankin
- Roll-up Reg:
- Chris Fairbank
- English master:
- Pip Torrens
- Headmaster:
- Geoffrey Whitehead
- Maths master:
- Grant Burgin
- PE master:
- Ged Simmons
- Music master:
- Michael Eaves
- Roy Slater:
- Andrew Tiernan
- Jack Forrest:
- Tony Haygarth
- Syd:
- Kenneth Hadley
- Leyland worker:
- Matt Rozier
- Voice of adult Ben:
- Hugh Bonneville
