by Vercors, dramatised by Thomas Ellice
With Michael Byrne as Werner von Ebrennac, Fay Howard as the Neice, Hugh Dickson as the Old Man
This classic story of the Second World War is set in 1940 when the Germans occupy France. Major von Ebrennac is billeted on an old man and his young niece and meets a wall of silent hostility. Undeterred he talks to them. 'I don't regret this war. Great things will come of it for Germany and France. One day the sun will shine again over Europe.' The silence continues.
"Unadorned perfection" (Sunday Express) "It is rare to see something on the box for which one has nothing but praise, and it is an enormous pleasure." (The Guardian) "A glittering golden silence." (Daily Mail)

(Rabbit Pie Day tomorrow at 10.20 pm)