Starring Alec Guiness (Smiley's People), Leo McKern (Rumpole of the Bailey), Lauren Bacall (The Mirror Has Two Faces) and John Randolph (Sunset Strip), A Foreign Field is the story of two World War Two veterans, who return to the battle fields where they fought to visit the grave of a friend. During their visit they discover much more and re-open many old wounds. Originally broadcast at peak time on BBC One in 1993, A Foreign Field was written by Roy Clarke (Last of the Summer Wine) and directed by Charles Sturridge (Brideshead Revisited).