- Adam Bede - Adam Rickitt
- Dinah Morris - Patsy Kensit
- Hetty Sorrell - Susan Lynch
- Arthur Donnithorne - Ian Hart
- Seth Bede - James Hazeldine
- Lisbeth Bede - Christine Tremarco
- Mr. Irwine - James Bolam
- Fru Poyser - Gwen Taylor
- Mr. Poyser - Bill Maynard
- Bartle Massey - Peter Postlethwaite
- Molly Farren - Judy Parfitt
- Kaptein Donnithorne - Terence Rigby