Barbara Covett is a teacher unloved by both her pupils and her colleagues, while new young art teacher, Sheba Hart, would appear to be the mirror opposite in every way. Together the two form an unlikely friendship, the lonely embittered older woman and the vivacious well loved younger woman, but while the likelihood of any such relationship lasting is slim, the whole fragile scenario collapses amidst rage, betrayal and blackmail when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having an affair with one of t find out more...

It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...