By Nevil Shute , dramatised by Adrian Bean. A love story that paints an unforgettable picture of life on an RAF station during the Second World War.
Nevil Shute's wartime love story is set on an RAF Bomber Command station in the spring of 1943. Peter, a pilot, and Gervase, a WAAF girl, have an intense affair, but she struggles to reconcile her feelings with her sense of duty. Peter's sense of his own identity seems undermined and his loyalty to his crew is tested to the limit.
Plus... Genesis in Concert play old favourites and new material (R2, 8pm) ... Impostors delves into the death in 1932 of war hero and movie star Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance (R4, 2.30pm).
