by Evelyn Waugh
Adapted for television in three parts by Giles Cooper
Starring Edward Woodward as Guy Crouchback
and Vivian Pickles as Virginia, Freddie Jones as Ludovic, Sarah Lawson as Kerstie, James Villiers as Ian Kilbannock, Basil Dignam as Uncle Peregrine, Paul Hardwick as Ritchie-Hook, Kenneth Fortescue as Frank de Souza

At the end of last week's story, Guy's unit arrived in Crete at the moment when the British Forces were collapsing. In the ensuing chaos of retreat he barely escaped with his life. This week-in the last story in the trilogy-a new personnel computer selects Guy for parachute training, and he soon finds himself fighting in Yugoslavia with the partisans...
First shown on BBC-2

The characters and dialogue are intrinsically lively: the result captivating. (Observer)
A most faithful adaptation, made with a deep concern. (Daily Telegraph)
The particular pleasure of these plays is to listen to excellent character-actors speaking lines of superbly witty economy. (Daily Telegraph)