In the Radio Times, the BBC described this as 'freely based on the novel For the Term of his Natural Life'.
Source:
Radio Times, 12 May 1966, p.28.
Originally broadcast on BBC Home Service Basic on 16 May 1966, at 8:30pm.
Replayed as part of Afternoon Theatre (BBC Radio 4 FM) on 21 January 1973, at 2:30pm.
Producer: David Davis.
Cast:
Victor Lucas (Lieutenant Frere), Patrick Barr (Major Vickers), Humphrey Morton (Troke), Ann Totten (Sylvia Vickers), Charles Leno (Bates), Jean Anderson (Mrs Vickers), Eric Anderson (Rex), John Slater (Rufus Dawes), Humphrey Morton (Prosecuting Counsel), and Eric Anderson (Judge).