01. Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill
A film extra has won a chance for the big break in his career. He has two crucial lines in a television film, but nothing goes according to plan.
02. The Five Pound Orange
For many men edging on middle-age a mistress is a wistful pipe-dream. Gilbert has made fantasy into fact. But he becomes increasingly uncomfortable when his mistress makes him go against his code of ethics and forces him to burgle his wife's flat.
03. Well Thank You, Thursday
Miss Shepherd is getting a new desk, but things don't go entirely as expected.
04. Amazing Stories
Weird tale of a family who are apparently being taken over by vegetables.
05. Matchfit
A grumpy Scottish soccer boss meets a young fan in a TB sanatorium.
06. For Services to Myself
Life-long socialist Roger Banks has mixed feelings about going to London to receive the OBE from the Queen. While his family are happy that his work for community has been honoured, Roger feels he has betrayed his working class roots.
07. Bag of Yeast
Liverpool primary school teacher Tony Scannell stuns his family by announcing he is going to be ordained as a priest in a Roman Catholic Church. Tony's father James, a Communist, and girlfriend Margaret are left devastated