| Series cast summary: |
 | Yehudi Menuhin | - | Himself / - 3 episodes, 1968 |
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| Alan Dobie | - | Macbeth / - 2 episodes, 1968 |
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 | Timothy Bateson | - | Alexander Pope 2 episodes, 1967-1968 |
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 | John Berger | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Gospel Oak Primary School Pupils | - | Themselves 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Alexander Cockburn | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Donald Eccles | - | Edward Gordon Craig 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Gospel Oak Primary School Staff | - | Themselves 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Barbara Murray | - | Lady Macbeth 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Gordon Jackson | - | Banquo 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Richard Hampton | - | Macduff 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Eva Haddon | - | Gentlewoman 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Oliver Ford Davies | - | Doctor 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Bee Duffell | - | Witch 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Annette Robertson | - | Witch 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Auriol Smith | - | Witch 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Alexander Chakovsky | - | Himself 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Kamala Chakravarty | - | Herself - Tambura Player 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Ted Chapman | - | Himself 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Colin Douglas | - | Dr. Arbuthnot 1 episode, 1967 |
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| John Duncan | - | Himself 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Derek Francis | - | Jonathan Swift 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Alexander Frere | - | Himself 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Beatrice Greeke | - | Queen Anne 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Harry Hutchinson | - | Doctor 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Johan Hye-Knudsen | - | Himself - Conductor 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Julius Katchen | - | Himself - Pianist 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Margaret Lane | - | Herself 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Penelope Lee | - | Reader 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Marshall McLuhan | - | Himself 1 episode, 1967 |
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 | John Moffatt | - | Reader 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Malcolm Muggeridge | - | Himself 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Royal Danish Orchestra | - | Themselves 1 episode, 1967 |
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| Alla Rakha | - | Himself - Tabla Player 1 episode, 1967 |
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| John Richmond | - | Reader 1 episode, 1967 |
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| The Royal Danish Ballet | - | Themselves 1 episode, 1967 |
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 | Ravi Shankar | - | Himself - Sitarist 1 episode, 1967 |
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 | Nicholas Smith | - | John Gay 1 episode, 1967 |
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| William Thomson | - | Himself - Commemtary 1 episode, 1967 |
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 | Gary Watson | - | Reader 1 episode, 1967 |
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| John Barbirolli | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Clive Barnes | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Bath Festival Orchestra | - | Themselves 1 episode, 1968 |
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| William Bennett | - | Himself - solo flautist 1 episode, 1968 |
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| John Betjeman | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Owen Brannigan | - | Himself - Introduction 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Roy Budden | - | Himself - Conductor 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Richard Burton | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Alexander H. Cohen | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Frank Cowley | - | Narrator 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Frances Cuka | - | Poet's Wife 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Colin Davis | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Angus Duncan | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Bracha Eden | - | Herself - Pianist 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Barbara Ferris | - | Herself 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Albert Finney | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Trevor Fisher | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| William Glock | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Jessie Goldsack | - | Herself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| John Gray | - | Himself - solo double-bassist 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Mary Hinton | - | Edith Pope 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Roy Hudd | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Jules Irving | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Jeremy James | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Georges Janzer | - | Himself - Violist 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Freddie Jones | - | Narrator 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Anthony Judd | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Gloria Judd | - | Herself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Terence Judd | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Jean-Rodolphe Kars | - | Himself - Pianist 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Oliver Knussen | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Niall MacGinnis | - | John Nash 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Baranaby Marder | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Bernard Marder | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Sylvia Marder | - | Herself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Robert Masters | - | Himself - orchestra leader 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Jacques Maury | - | Voltaire 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Leo McKern | - | Narrator 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Diana Menuhin | - | Herself - Narrator 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Yaltah Menuhin | - | Herself - double-bassist 1 episode, 1968 |
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| David Merrick | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Yukio Mishima | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Stephen Moore | - | Television Director 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Simon Preston | - | Himself - Organist 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Anthony Quayle | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Robin Ray | - | Himself - Host 1 episode, 1968 |
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| John Read | - | Himself - Presenter 1 episode, 1968 |
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| George Robb | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Robert Robinson | - | Narrator 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Joel Ryce | - | Himself - pianist 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Malcolm Sargent | - | Himself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Derek Simpson | - | Himself - solo cellist 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Michael Smith | - | Poet's Son 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Edgar Stokes | - | Television Cameraman 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Paul Szabo | - | Himself - Cellist 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Alexander Volkoviski Tamir | - | Himself - Pianist 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Totti Truman Taylor | - | Narrator 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Eva Turner | - | Herself 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Sandor Vegh | - | Himself - Violinist 1 episode, 1968 |
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| Zena Walker | - | Herself 1 episode, 1968 |
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 | Donald Wolfit | - | Himself 2 episodes, 1968 |
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