The afternoon play on Radio 4 on Thursday 13 June (2.15pm after the Archers repeat) is The Charge of the Light Brigade, to John Osborne's original screenplay, completed but not used for the movie of 1968. According to the Radio Times "it takes a revisionist view of the military and political blundering that surrounded the British involvement in the Crimean War, culminating in the Battle of Balaklava in 1854".

First soldier is played by John Tams, who is also credited with the music and lyrics alongside "Michael" Waterson, who also appears as "Ballad singer".

Other members of the cast include Charles Dance, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Palmer, Alec McCowen, James Ellis, Donald Sinden, Angela Douglas.