Post-war politics throws up surprises for Lewis Eliot, as a rising star enlists his help.

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

Stars David Haig and Juliet Aubrey.

Dramatised by Jonathan Holloway.

Lewis Eliot …. David Haig
Roger Quaife …. Iain Glen
Margaret Eliot .... Juliet Aubrey
Lord Collingwood …. Ronald Pickup
Caro Quaife …. Julia Watson
Lord Gilbey .... John Woodvine
Walter Luke .... Jeremy Swift
David Rubin .... Rolf Saxon
Diana Skidmore .... Avril Clark
Phillips .... Richard Firth
Francis Getliffe …. Geoffrey Whiteheasb
Obaldiston ... David Leonard
Sir Hector Rose .... John Carlisle
Brodzinski …. Christopher Rozycki

Directors: Jeremy Howe & Sally Avens

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