Two criminals on the run from the police decide to lie low in an ordinary family house, holding the occupants hostage.... after all Humphrey Bogart did it in The Desperate Hours. However, what appears simple on film is seldom so in real life, particularly if the occupants of the house are not as ordinary as it would first appear.

The Police:
Chief Constable Norman Makepeace .... Norman Rodway
Det-Sgt Brian Benskin .... Alan Downer
WPC Annabelle Robey .... Sarah Maxwell
Insp Groves .... Brian Haines
Sgt Thorogood .... Gordon Dulieu

The Criminals:
Snelgrove .... Jack May
O'Connor .... David Kelly

Others involved:
Ruth Makepeace .... Jennifer Piercey
Sarah Nelson .... Jenny Twigge

Directed by Glyn Dearman.
Written by John Graham.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1979. Show less