Michael Redgrave
— Narrator (voice)
Myra Hess
— Self (Pianist)
John Gielgud
— Hamlet
Frederick Allen
— Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)
Bill
— Self - Steam-Engine Driver (uncredited)
Elizabeth Jenkins
— Self - Tim's Mother (uncredited)
Elvin Jenkins
— Self - Tim's Father (uncredited)
Timothy James Jenkins
— Self - Tim (uncredited)
Jennifer
— Self - 5 Year-Old Girl (uncredited)
Frank Phillips
— Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)
Peter Robert
— Self - RAF Pilot (uncredited)
George Woodbridge
— Gravedigger (uncredited)