- Sophie Okonedo
- Self - Narrator
- Dilly Barlow
- Self - Narrator: US version
- Christopher Fox
- Bill Regan
- Abigail Davies
- Vi Regan
- Gerrard McArthur
- Walter Matthews
- Matt Day
- William White
- Sally Leonard
- Marguerite
- Sebastian Harcombe
- Leonard Rosoman
- Simon Armstrong
- Mr. Feldon
- Cathy Murphy
- Mrs. Feldon
- Tracey Murphy
- Winnie Feldon
- Richard Huw
- William Sansom
- Tat Whalley
- Taxi Driver
- Patrick Poletti
- W. White's Diary Read by
- Sid Feldon
- Self - The Feldons' Eldest Son
- Richard Holsgrove
- Self - Wartime Fireman, then 17
- Jessica Jacob
- Self - Then 15
- Ann Regan Atherton
- Self - Bill & Vi Regan's Daughter
- Leonard Rosoman
- Self - Artist & Wartime Fireman
- Barbara Walker
- Self - William White's Daughter
- George Wheeler
- Self - Wartime Fireman, then 18
- Christian Rubeck
- Messerschmitt Pilot
