An unlikely liaison is formed in the Dutch East Indies when a lady missionary inadvertently falls for a drunken dropout.

A series of Somerset Maugham short stories dramatised by Neville Teller.

Dirk Bogarde is the narrator.

Martha Jones ...... Anna Massey
Ginger Ted ...... Bill Nighy
Dutch Controleur ...... Timothy Spall
Mr Jones ...... David Timson
Engineer ...... Andrew Branch
Islander ...... Roger May

Director: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996. Show less