This play was the prize-winning entry in the BBC's Education Writing for Radio competition. The winner was 15-year-old Inderjeet Lall. It was adapted for the radio by writer Michael Butt.  It aired on Radio 4 at 6:30 pm on November 27, 1994.

The producer was Alan Lambert.  The challenge was to write an outline for a radio play featuring the rumble of thunder, the ring of a doorbell and a howling dog.