ATN-7 originally announced that the second episode of Shell Presents would be an adaptation of Children of the Sun by Morris West but that was not made.

The complete interior of a "typical American middle class home" was built and the action was shot with three characters.

Producer Brett Porter and director David Cahill spent a week going through the script to plan the presentation and the shooting pattern.

"[11] A spokesman for ATN Channel 7 said the phoned lines were "choked with congratulatory calls" from "all parts of Sydney" immediately after production finished.

[9] The TV critic for the Sydney Morning Herald said the "director and cast... did not fully exploit the emotional possibilities of the ugly little domestic situation examined by the author in slick, oversimple terms.