- Writer:
- Jonathan Raban
- Music arranged and conducted by:
- Arthur Tatler
- Producer:
- Archie Campbell
- Nicholas:
- Christopher Good
- His father:
- John Howe
- His mother:
- Janet Burnell
- Peggy Willis, a good soul:
- Doris Gilmore
- Ronno, a teddy boy:
- Kenneth Cranham
- Tom Dobrey, a TV personality:
- Lewis Stringer
- Terence, his friend:
- David Valla
- Mr Veale, an ancient:
- John Ruddock
- Mrs Burton-Smith:
- Eva Stuart
- Margaret, her daughter:
- Sheila Grant
- Dominic, her son:
- Robin Browne
- Viva Wisden, a spinster:
- Betty Baskcomb
- Fatso, another teddy boy:
- Ronald Herdman
- Girl:
- Jane Knowles
- Tony Barrow, a bandleader:
- Michael Harbour
- Penny:
- Helen Worth
- Rural character:
- Edward Kelsey
- MC:
- Douglas Blackwell
