Lewis Eliot is involved in the power struggle between scientists and politicians during World War Two, when he oversees a secret wartime project.

CP Snow's epic novel sequence about the English Establishment and Power.

Stars David Haig and Tim McInnerny.

Dramatised by Jonathan Holloway.

Lewis Eliot .... David Haig
Martin Eliot .... Tim McInnerny
Walter Luke .... Jeremy Swift
Irene .... Claire Skinner
David Rubin .... Rolf Saxon
Sawbridge .... Adrian Scarborough
Edgar ... Andrew Wincott
Captain Smith …. Sean Baker
Sir Hector ... John Carlisle

Director: Jeremy Howe & Sally Avens.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2003. Show less