When interviewed by the Imperial War Museum he stated: I was responsible for recruiting women for the work, in the face of a good deal of opposition, I may say, from the powers that be.
As an aside Foot comments that Captain (Royal Navy) was a rank Jepson sometimes affected but to which he was not entitled ("...but the Admiralty never knew"), rather he was "a major in the Buffs".
It was adapted for the screen by Whitfield Cook and Hitchcock's wife and frequent collaborator Alma Reville, with additional dialogue by James Bridie and Ranald MacDougall.
BBC archival material exists for their productions of The Golden Dart and The Hungry Spider is held by the Mausoleum Club.
[1] For his private use, Selwyn Jepson built the Far House, Farther Common, Liss, Hampshire.