Directed by John Dexter, the cast featured Frank Finlay as Corporal Hill.

Directed by Howard Davies, the set was designed by Rob Howell, with a cast that featured Rupert Penry-Jones, Ian Dunn, Eddie Marsan, and James Hazeldine as Corporal Hill.

[4] The first television adaptation came in 1963, when scenes from the Royal Court Theatre production aired on BBCtv featuring Derek Fowlds, John Noakes, Ronald Lacey and Corin Redgrave.

Pip Thompson has been "conscripted for National Service" in the Royal Air Force [RAF], but prefers to be treated as an ordinary airman and not become an officer.

Pip is a socialist who has seen "squalor of London's East End, typified by greasy cafés offering ‘chips with everything’".