WWI -- Tedium & Fear, Then Over the Top [30min]

R C Sherriff wrote the play Journey's End following his own experiences of the trenches in the First World War. Unflinching but deeply humane, it was a huge hit in London's West End and a global export in some 26 languages. But the man who wrote it remains something of mystery, an insurance agent who lived quietly among the rolling lawns in the Surrey town of Esher. Robert Gore-Langton tries to find out more.