from the novel by James Hilton dramatised in three parts by Barry Campbell
starring Derek Jacobi as Hugh Conway
During May 1931 the revolutionary situation in Baskul worsened and Air Force machines arrived from Peshawar to evacuate the white residents. A few miscellaneous aircraft were also employed, among them one lent by the Maharajah of Chandapore. In this four passengers embarked: Miss Roberta Brinklow, of the Eastern Mission; Henry D. Barnard, a US citizen; Hugh Conway, HM Consul; and Captain Charles Mallinson, HM Vice-consul. They did not reach their destination.