The Light of a Thousand Suns by James Follett

Saturday-Night Theatre: The Light of a Thousand Suns
Sat 6th Jul 1974, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM
James Follett's thriller.
A story about a future submarine with a "fail-deadly" launch initiation system with the inevitable malfunction.
A bizarre chain of unforeseen coincidences sparks a 1990s British nuclear submarine to prepare to launch an all-out attack.
Devastating, unpreventable, unless...

Lieutenant Sinclair ...... John Rye
Stride ...... Ian Thompson
Floyd ...... Michael Shannon
Louise Arnott ...... Sheila Mitchell
Wallis ...... James Hayes
The Prime Minister ...... Conrad Phillips
Aitkin ...... Sion Probert
Master-at-Arms ...... Nigel Graham
Fisher ...... John Bull
Theodore Pike ...... Vernon Joyner
1st Rating ...... Hugh Ross
2nd Rating ...... Roger Gartland
Computer Operator ...... Carole Boyd

Producer: Margaret Etall