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June 1945 and, with the Nazis under arrest, the Allies must now decide what to do with them.

Washington wants a trial while, in London, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is happy with a summary court martial. But if you put them on trial, what is the charge?

Seen through the eyes of Diana, a Whitehall secretary, the tortured negotiations unfold, edging towards the creation of a totally new sort of trial. Churchill wants the top 50 put against a wall and shot; Stalin wants them to have a show trial and then be shot. But following the sudden death of Roosevelt, the new US President Truman insists on formal justice.

Whose trial procedure should they adopt? Russia and France don’t use cross-examination and America is insisting on a charge of conspiracy, unknown in France. But procedure is nothing compared to the problem of the Four Indictments. They end up having to invent new words – Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide.

Cast:
The Hon. Diana Ravenscourt - KATE PHILLIPS
Robert H Jackson - JOSEPH MYDELL
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe - FORBES MASSON
Samuel Rosenman CLIVE WOOD
Murray Bernays - JOSEPH ALESSI
Iona Nikitchenko - HENRY GOODMAN
General Clay - NATHAN WILEY
Henri Gros - JONATHAN CULLEN
Joseph Stalin - JASPER BRITTON
Winston Churchill - ANDREW WOODALL

Sound Designer - ADAM WOODHAMS
Studio Manager - MARK SMITH
Original Score - METAPHOR MUSIC
Writer and Director - JONATHAN MYERSON
Producer - NICHOLAS NEWTON

A Promenade production for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 and Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds