After their unceremonious arrival in Cairo, Guy and Harriet are forced to stay in an old brothel. Guy struggles to find work when it emerges that an old adversary is in charge of the English School. The Germans close in and Simon experiences the harsh realities of war.

• Alan Plater
• Olivia Manning
• Suzan Harrison

• Ronald Pickup
• Rupert Graves
• Vernon Dobtcheff