2. Britain at War

War breaks out and Penelope moves in with her mother-in-law in a regency square in Brighton with her daughters.

Meanwhile Oliver joins up as a medical officer.

As she reads her mother's version of events, Rosemary recalls just how much she hated Grandmother Butler.

Margaret Forster's novel about family conflict.

Dramatised by Juliet Ace

Penelope (mother) . . . . Angela Pleasence
Rosemary . . . . Nichola McAuliffe
Oliver . . . . Simon Armstrong
Grandmother Butler . . . . June Barrie

Director: Tanya Nash

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.