It tells the story of Rudyard Kipling and his grief for his son, John, who died in the First World War.
It then toured Oxford, Richmond, Brighton, Norwich, Cardiff and Cambridge, with the newly formed Haig Lang Productions.
[8] In November 2007 the Imperial War Museum mounted an exhibition covering John Kipling's life and included a section on the Holts' doubts about the identification of his corpse.
Subsequently, in January 2016, further research by Graham Parker and Joanna Legg confirmed the initial identification to be correct.
[9] The ITV drama does not claim to be a documentary account, but a representation of the experience of so many families who lost sons during the Great War.
During an argument with Carrie, Kipling reveals his guilt and responsibility helping Jack enlist in the army.
Elsie reveals that Jack went to war, not out of patriotism, but to get away from his family, particularly to escape the shadow of Kipling's fame.
Jack had been leading a charge against the German trenches, continuing the attack while the other soldiers dropped off in fear.