His father Greg said all of the parents on the trip kept pinching themselves to remember they were not on holiday.
“When Tom started acting I wouldn’t have any idea we’d be here where we are now, having done a six-month stint in Malaysia to be in a really amazing show which has had so many good reviews,” he added.
“To meet lots of people you’d never think of meeting before, and from all parts of the UK, we all got on really well from the moment we arrived at the hotel.”
William Golding’s famous story was adapted by Bristol’s Jack Thorne, who also wrote the Netflix series Adolescence.
Thorne said he felt it was important to provide nuances to the phrase “toxic masculinity”, which he does by retelling the story from different perspectives.
All episodes of Lord of the Flies are available now on BBC iPlayer, and the series continues on Sunday at 21:00 on BBC One.