Robert Westall's famous novel set during World War Two in the fictional town of Garmouth.
School Radio,·10 episodes
After a night of German bombing, young Chas McGill is on the hunt for war souvenirs.
15 mins
Chas and his friends return to the crashed plane and saw down the machine gun.
The police and Boddser Brown have found the plane and wonder who’s taken its machine gun.
Chas needs somewhere to hide the gun and befriends Nicky whose garden overlooks the sea.
School has closed early for Christmas and the children spend time at Nicky’s.
A German bomb destroys Nicky’s house, killing everyone except Nicky.
Sergeant Rudi Gerlath parachutes to earth as his plane is shot down. What does he do now?
The Fortress now has a third resident, but the authorities are growing suspicious.
Fear of a German invasion reaches fever pitch in Garmouth.
The authorities realise the invasion is a false alarm, but no one has told the children.
