Summary: Beth Glover and Will Preston are doctors in partnership at a Derbyshire clinic when they hire Jack who's returned from Africa. The next several years deal with their personal and professional lives with Jack and Beth marrying.

Summary: An obsessively punctual comprehensive school headmaster sets out to give an important speech at the annual Headmasters' Conference.

Summary: Ken Boon and Harry Crawford are two middle-aged ex-firemen. Harry retires and opens a hotel (The Grand Hotel), with Ken as a temporary odd-job man.

Summary: Six student nurses start training in the NHS, facing challenges working with colleagues and patients while adapting to the hierarchy and procedures.