With slaughter on the Western Front, British and Germans forces and colonists struggle in East Africa.

Starring Nickolas Grace.

William Boyd's darkly comic novel.

Dramatised by John Peacock.

Erich Von Bishop .... Nickolas Grace
Temple Smith .... William Hootkins
Felix Cobb .... Gerard Logan
Gabriel Cobb .... James Larkin
Charis Lavery/Cobb .... Rachel Atkins
Weech-Browning .... Nicholas Boulton
Liesl Von Bishop .... Danielle Allen
Mrs Cobb .... Diana Hoddinott
Major Cobb .... Colin Pinney
Hammerstein .... Philip Anthony
Bilderbecke .... Gareth Armstrong
Dobbs .... Michael Onslow
General Tigue .... James Taylor
Amory .... Vivienne Rochester
Holland .... Lyndam Gregory

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994. Show less