- Writer/Serial created by/Executive Producer:
- John Hawkesworth
- Music composed by:
- Ken Howard
- Music composed by:
- Alan Blaikley
- Designer:
- Ken Sharp
- Producer:
- Brian Spiby
- Director:
- Brian Farnham
- Sir Martin Lacey:
- Julian Glover
- Anne Fletcher:
- Sharon Mughan
- Tom Lacey:
- Timothy Bentinck
- Lucinda Lacey:
- Lucy Aston
- John Fletcher:
- Rob Edwards
- Susan Protheroe:
- Judy Buxton
- Captain Hannibal Marsh:
- Malcolm Stoddard
- Will Saltmarsh:
- Simon Dutton
- Rachel:
- Debbie Goodman
- Captain Charles Pike:
- Mark Burns
- Ensign Peter Crane:
- Adam Blackwood
- Goodwife Margaret:
- Rosalie Crutchley
- Matthew Saltmarsh:
- Frank Mills
- Walter Jackman:
- Edward Peel
- Minty:
- Eileen Way
- Emma Bowen:
- Janet Lees-Price
- Captain Leckie:
- Andrew McCulloch
- Nathaniel Cropper:
- Andrew MacLachlan
- Hugh Brandon:
- Simon Butteriss
- Corporal Turner:
- Stuart Organ
- Ensign Rosethorne:
- Michael Greatorex
- John Moresby:
- Wilfred Grove
- Sergeant-gunner:
- Ken Kitson
- Gunner:
- Robin Dummers
- Lord Edward Ferrar:
- Tim Brierley
- Lt. O'Farrell:
- Sean Lawlor
- The Rev. Butterworth:
- Jonathan Elsom
