Frederic Raphael's 1977 masterwork, adapted for radio and narrated by the author, was broadcast as the Radio 4 Classic Serial. It follows the fortunes and misfortunes of a group of young people who were at Cambridge University together in the early 1950s.

Their individual stories reflect the way British society changed over a quarter of a century -- sometimes predictably, but more often not. It's a story of interacting careers, but it's also a story of friendship, of the strength of connections forged under heat early in life.

DRAMA & COMEDY

Broadcast on Radio 4 in November and December 2005