A repeat viewing over twenty years after its original broadcast has done nothing to diminish the power of this drama. It is still as fresh today. The care and attention to detail of the writing, direction and acting are seldom matched today and this is still a gols standard against which other productions should be judged. Nobody can forget the superb portrayal of the indomitable Frau Messner by the late Dame Peggy Ashcroft, and I am sure, like poor Peter, we have all met such a person at some time in our life.