Former wartime minister, Lord Athol Medway, publishes his memoirs attacking the leadership of Major-General Forbes Barrington-Hunt in the war during a disastrous commando raid.
He said the plot was "based very loosely on the case history of one of the numerous generals 'bowlerhatted' for no apparent reason during World War II.
"[10] Trevor added that "It has as a leading character a 62 year old man still vital enough to dominate a television play.
Dramatic events do not all happen to the young, clean cut chaps with wavy hair who turn up so often.
[9] The TV critic for The Sydney Morning Herald thought that despite "a liberal sprinkling of cliches and a pattern of stilted patches in its dialogue" the play "maintained a high degree of tension... Two major merits distinguished it.